| FallibleDragon ( @ 2005-08-28 01:08:00 |
From wikipedia:
Hehheh... that sounds like so much fun. Maybe I should buy one, find a wooded area near lots of houses, and fake a UFO landing... ;D
Approximately the size of a golf ball, the sulfur lamp consists of a quartz bulb containing non-toxic sulfur and inert argon gas at the end of a thin glass spindle. A microwave magnetron energy source of 2.45 GHz bombards the lamp. The microwave energy excites the gas, which in turn heats the sulfur to an extreme degree, forming a brightly-glowing plasma capable of illuminating great areas.
Hehheh... that sounds like so much fun. Maybe I should buy one, find a wooded area near lots of houses, and fake a UFO landing... ;D