Saturday, May 7, 2011

Science Stuff



Inside the Griffith Observatory: a mesmerizing pendulum somehow demonstrating the earth's rotation, and a cool electrical discharge Tesla-thingie.

OK, OK. Here: Foucault Pendulum. Tesla Coil.

Photos: Pendulum─Los Angeles, 2011; Tesla Exhibit─Los Angeles, 2011

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the picture, and I love the words "somehow demonstrating".

--Su

Mike Mundy said...

Thanks!

(Su thought that it might be "too tricky" to comment on the blog, so Mike helpfully posted her email comment here.)

Not tricky at all!