Captured Lightning - http:capturedlightning.com

Captured Lightning - http:capturedlightning.com This page showcases our beautiful Captured Lightning sculptures.

These are acrylic specimens that were charged to millions of volts by a particle accelerator, then manually discharged to create a permanent fossilized fractal-like "lightning bolt" inside. Providers of the world's most beautiful Captured Lightning sculptures (Lichtenberg Figures), electromagnetically shrunken coins, and scarce physics, scientific, and engineering books

11/15/2024

Just completed another Lichtenberg run on Monday, November 18th in Lebanon, OH. We got excellent results. We also had a couple of friends and high-voltage enthusiasts) from the Cincinnati area (Bill Pollack and Mike Murphy) visit and help out during the run. It was a small production run but a very productive one.

10/23/2020

A small Lichtenberg Run is scheduled for Saturday, October 24th near Middlefield, Ohio. A long drive tomorrow, an early morning run on Saturday (starting at 7:00 AM), and long drive back afterwards... :)

11/02/2015

Getting ready for our Fall 2015 Lichtenberg Run on December 11th. This will be a large run, with almost 1500 pieces, 1550 pounds of acrylic, 10-11 hours of beam time, and between 20-25 people in attendance from seven states. Busy times...

Some images from our Fall 2013 Lichtenberg Run on 11/15/13
11/26/2013

Some images from our Fall 2013 Lichtenberg Run on 11/15/13

Frame grab from a video clip of a 12 x 16 x 1" slab being discharged during our 11/15 Fall 2013 Lichtenberg run.
11/26/2013

Frame grab from a video clip of a 12 x 16 x 1" slab being discharged during our 11/15 Fall 2013 Lichtenberg run.

01/10/2013

Our 11/30 Lichtenberg run was a success. Because of a small vacuum leak, the electron accelerator was limited to a maximum of 4 MeV instead of the normal 5 MeV, but we were able to work around this limitation. We had folks from Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, and New Jersey at the run. In addition, a number of electrical engineering students (Dr. Roberto Uribe's class from Kent State University) also visited us as part of an EE lab. The students discharged their own 3" x 3" specimens and were given them as souvenirs of their visit. We also irradiated seven acrylic guitar bodies - they turned out GREAT!

09/11/2012

Our next Lichtenberg production run will be November 16th, with backup dates of 11/30 or 12/7. So much to do, and so little time... :^)

03/16/2012

We're doing LOTS of work getting ready for the next Lichtenberg Run on March 23rd. We're going to have 13 folks helping us. coming from 3 states. It's an all-day trip for most folks. Because of the unseasonably mild weather, we're going to start irradiating ar 7:00 AM to get another 1.5 hours of cooler temperatures. Our Captured Lightning sculptures actually prefer being created in cold weather... :^).

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We are an Internet-based provider of the world's most beautiful Captured Lightning sculptures (acrylic Lichtenberg Figures), electromagnetically shrunken coins, and scarce and out-of-print physics, scientific, and engineering books.