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After Dark: Dr. Megavolt under the Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda (Clip)
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In November 2009, Exploratorium After Dark welcomed particle physicist Dr. Austin Richards—aka Dr. MegaVolt. Under the Palace of Fine Arts rotunda, he jousted with a high-voltage Tesla coil, which generated 200,000 volts of electricity and shot 14-foot-long arcs of lightning through the air.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Physics, Art
Keywords: electricity, electric, tesla, tesla coil, conductivity, arc, palace of fine arts, pfa, after dark, event, danger
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Physics, Art
Keywords: electricity, electric, tesla, tesla coil, conductivity, arc, palace of fine arts, pfa, after dark, event, danger
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