exploratorium

Exhibits

PHENOMENA

Light Production

Elastotron

Explore light and dimension.

Where:   Crossroads: Getting Started
Fluorescent Tube

Powder inside a fluorescent tube makes invisible light visible.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Monochromatic Room

Things look oddly colorless in this room because they’re lit by light of only one color—a sodium vapor lamp of the type often used for streetlights. 

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Sun Painting

Created by artist Bob Miller, this classic Exploratorium exhibit is a “live” painting that uses light from the Sun as its palette.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
What's Hot, What's Not?

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:   Crossroads: Getting Started