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Puzzle Series: What is this blue thing in the bottom half of the frame, or what do you want it to be?
17 responses to “What’s That? (32)”
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The light source is at the narrow end of the bar. The light then propogates through the glass and leaks out of the top and bottom in the warm glow you see reflected in the man’s face.
Apple designers are pros at this type of light effect…
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Pardon my french… hello everybody, first. There are some tiny beings that live under the water which glow like that when they are agitated.
Given that the table is so thick… and that I am so about to sleep… perhaps the light source are those seaweeds… =)
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Is it one of those bars that is actually a fish tank? The water is illuminated and giving off the glow at the angle the image is taken??
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Hi everybody, I join the party a little bit late, but that gives me some hints.
What about one of those Electro-Luminescent See-Thru Vinyls? This is for the part ‘do you think’.
For ‘do you like’ I prefere Phillip’s proposition, a fish tank, illuminated by bio-luminescent, maybe even alien creatures, as those described by Gi -
Bingo OldCola + Vanita, the international team of intrigue. It is an electroluminescent display (but I don’t think it’s see through vinyl. I have seen that, and it’s less bright, but flexible enough to be clothing…. for an alieness to blend in with her peeps).
The proud bartender (on the right) claims that this is the largest Electroluminescent Display in the Western U.S. (Mustang bar, Park City, Utah)
The entire surface is light emitting, and he can adjust the intensity with a dimmer switch. It is one of the most power-efficient sources of light, but lacks the intensity of common bulbs. It looks amazing in a dark indoor area.
If you want to know more about ELDs, click here for their history and for details on the electron tunneling, phosphor ionization, and photon emission that make them work. Genista might have captured some of the essence of operation (except that the light source is a paper thin layer under the glass; there is not a separate uv source).
The Alieness’s note about the reflections of the neon lights being white is interesting…. I can’t tell if this is a color addition of blue + other looking almost white or something more peculiar. Perhaps L’Inspecteur can help us with his spectral analysis glasses….
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Oh! well done Vanita and OC! Steve, I mentioned in the note that the "white" reflection would probably have to do with laminated glass… and for what you are saying and I am understanding the glass has a tissue -the source of light- despite its composition. That must be returning the white color in the reflection… methinks.
I wonder about the face of the bartender each time somebody clumsily drops a drink or something over the table… 8-0
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