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Powder inside a fluorescent tube makes invisible light visible.
Where: This exhibit is not currently on view.
Light gets dimmer the farther it travels–and a bit of simple math explains how.
Created by artist Bob Miller, this classic Exploratorium exhibit is a “live” painting that uses light from the Sun as its palette.
At this exhibit, an infrared camera detects the heat radiating from warm objects and projects it on a big screen, allowing you to see what’s hot (and not) about you and the other people and objects in your surroundings.
Where: This exhibit is not currently on view.