We only produced a relatively small number of these very large specimens. They were carefully irradiated and then manually discharged along one edge, and a couple were discharged in the interior. The noise when these are discharged is much like a gun going off! The dendritic discharges virtually fill the entire area of the panels, and the specimen shown here is a representative sample of all the available figures.  These are truly museum quality specimens for very discriminating collectors. We believe these are among some of the very best large Lichtenberg Figures in existence.

When we charged a figure of this size, we were very concerned about the considerable electrical energy stored within it, and took great care to discharge it safely. The interior is charged to approximately 2.5 million volts, and the discharge is quite energetic, loud(!), and brilliant. We estimate that it had almost 1 kilojoules of stored energy - potentially quite dangerous. But, as we're sure you'll agree, the results were well worth the effort and risk.

We believe that this is the first time that figures of this size have turned out so stunningly beautiful. The only other publicly viewable specimen of this size resides at the Oak Ridge Associated Universities' Health Physics Historical Instrumentation Museum Collection. The beauty and symmetry of our large specimens is a tribute to the knowledge and hard-won experience of the physicists who are part of our Lichtenberg Figures team, Bill Hathaway and Kim Goins of GCL Laboratories.

We also offer custom solid walnut light bases with warm white, "electric blue", or with multicolor color-changing LED's. Although bases are temporarily out of stock, they will be available again in late February, 2008. Price per figure is $499 plus $28.00 for domestic S&H and insurance. Bases are $168 (for a white or "electric blue" base) and $198 for multicolor, plus $14 for domestic S&H.

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