Making “Captured Lightning“ (Mllion-volt Sculptures)

This video shows how we create our “Captured Lightning“ sculptures. It was assembled from video clips that were taken over several years of production. In order to make Captured Lightning, our team of experienced “Spark Whisperers“ uses a 5 million electron volt (MeV) particle accelerator to inject hundreds of trillions of electrons deep inside pieces of clear plastic (polymethyl methacrylate, or PMMA). The electrons come to rest about 1/4“ to 1/2“ below the irradiated surface, forming a cloud-like layer of