Re: Attracting Lightning

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

It is a work of art, and doesn't have to have any "practical" application:
from the web site: "The Lightning Field, 1977, by the American sculptor
Walter De Maria, is recognized internationally as one of the late-twentieth
century's most significant works of art."

I've talked to someone who stayed there.. it's one of those places where you
sit and absorb the changing environment.  He was quite impressed.

Somewhere easier to get to and more accessible, and probably just as good at
attracting lightning is the Very Large Array in Socorro, NM. (Yep, you saw
it in the movie "Contact")  Something impressive about all those antennas
moving in synchronism. The Langmuir Lab also has a visitor policy of some
sort, although it's pretty remote.


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Subject: Re: Attracting Lightning


 > Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
 >
 > What exactly is supposed to happen in this field, aside from everything is
 > banned and they mix imperial and metric units?
 >