oh, boy this site is fun-- learn all about film and plasma's in the science section, then go to the FUN section, and learn how to create balls of St Elmo's fire, right at home in your microwave.
http://home.earthlink.net/~marutgers/index.html

the video's of the bubble film are way cool..
i didn't even check out the art yet!

Wow!, of troy, thanks. Did you check out the still photos of "turbulence". Surreal...no...rather, quintessential high art. Ain't life grand?

yeah, that's great stuff, Helen. thanks! I liked the turbulence, too, and the microwave videos were neat. worth a forward to our science and tech-ed teachers...

The thing with the gloves is definitely in the category of extremely cool.

k