ruineshumaines:

Fireflies on the Water (2002), by Yayoi Kusama.

Fireflies on the Water isan installation made of 150 lights, mirrors and water.
It offers an out-of-this-world experience from the confines of a modest room paneled with mirrors and adorned with 150 tiny beads of light deliberately suspended throughout the compact space. Upon entering the room, there’s an illusionary effect that gives the impression of infinite space reflected on all sides and in the two inches of water that flows below.

July 12 - September 30, Whitney Museum.


(Previously blogged: Infinity Mirror Room)

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unknownskywalker:

Light coaxed from nothingness
One of the weirdest predictions of quantum mechanics is that the vacuum of space isn’t really empty. Because of the uncertainty principle, quantum theory predicts that a constant foam of “virtual particles” is flitting in and out of existence inside the void. Even weirder, these virtual particles can have real effects.
A new study demonstrates just such an effect: if you jiggle a mirror very close to the speed of light, you can turn pairs of virtual light particles into real ones. Rather than trying to vibrate a real mirror at near light speed, the team tweaked a superconducting circuit to create a wiggling, mirror-like electrical surface.

unknownskywalker:

Light coaxed from nothingness

One of the weirdest predictions of quantum mechanics is that the vacuum of space isn’t really empty. Because of the uncertainty principle, quantum theory predicts that a constant foam of “virtual particles” is flitting in and out of existence inside the void. Even weirder, these virtual particles can have real effects.

A new study demonstrates just such an effect: if you jiggle a mirror very close to the speed of light, you can turn pairs of virtual light particles into real ones. Rather than trying to vibrate a real mirror at near light speed, the team tweaked a superconducting circuit to create a wiggling, mirror-like electrical surface.

Tags: science light


India at night during Diwali.  Satellite photo from NASA.  

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India at night during Diwali.  Satellite photo from NASA.  

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Dinosaurs, lost in time, vanished in the light.

(Light Dinos by Darren Pearson

Artist: flickr / tumblr / twitter)

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Cenotes, Chichén-Itzá, Mexico Photograph by Jack Paulus, My Shot (via National Geographic Photo of the Day)

Cenotes, Chichén-Itzá, Mexico Photograph by Jack Paulus, My Shot (via National Geographic Photo of the Day)


Something of the fog (Colin H.)

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From fluorescent, to incandescent, all the way back… Oyule Light Bulbs.
belafleck:

Designer Sergio Silva created the Oyule Light Bulbs.  Sergio Silva is  an industrial designer known for beautiful works of art that combine  simplicity with contemporary pieces.  The Oyule Light Bulbs are described by Sergio as the modern day light bulb that has travelled back in time.
http://www.gadgettastic.com/category/concepts/

From fluorescent, to incandescent, all the way back… Oyule Light Bulbs.

belafleck:

Designer Sergio Silva created the Oyule Light Bulbs.  Sergio Silva is an industrial designer known for beautiful works of art that combine simplicity with contemporary pieces.  The Oyule Light Bulbs are described by Sergio as the modern day light bulb that has travelled back in time.

http://www.gadgettastic.com/category/concepts/

Reflecting some light

Reflecting some light

Caverns (via -bears)

Caverns (via -bears)

yin and yang
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