file.newsgroup.med.59418 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Carl J Lydick)
Subject: Re: Krillean Photography
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Todd I. Stark) writes:
=>Yup. The demonstration to which you refer consists of placing a leaf between
=>the plates, and taking a Kirlian photograph of it. You then cut off part of
=>the leaf, put the top plate back on, and take another Kirlian photograph. You
=>see pretty much the same image in both cases. Turns out the effect isn't
=>nearly so striking if you take the trouble to clean the plates between
=>photographs. Seems that the moisture from the leaf that you left on the place
=>conducts electricity. Surprise, surprise!
=
= This is true, but it's not quite the whole story. There were
= actually some people who were more careful in their methodology
= who also replicated the 'phantom leaf effect.'
You can also replicate the effect with a rock: Take your first Kirlian
photograph. Then moisten one edge of the rock. Lo! and behold! Phantom rock!
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