Incredible display of a glowing plasma toroid! #science

Marvel at the incredible sight of a floating plasma toroid, created by xenon gas within a custom-built globe.

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The plasma toroid is a phenomena that has been known for over 100 years. Discharges like this have been seen by many plasma artists and researchers. The plasma toroid became popular on YouTube due to numerous science communicators reproducing the effect.

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[grimnippz]

HE BUILT IT IN A CAVE! ... WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS

[Furry-iousNews]

Electricity *IS* this universes magic, and i refuse to believe it isnt

[merxellus]

300, 000 thousand years of Human evolution, we finally made "lightning in a bottle"

[ytuser]

“So I’m just going to turn the power up a little bit…”
*explodes*

[AbnormalityClinic]

If you don’t know, this is the basic idea behind fusion reactors. Get plasma spinning in a magnetically contained loop and steal its energy. Really cool demonstration to see that plasma in motion

Edit: Hi mom!

[jimyoung]

There's just nothing more amazing than science. Electricity & magnetism is basically what our brains run on.

[_shadow_]

It has somehow become its own electrode and magnetically self-contained. It's simultaneously beautiful, fascinating, and cursed.

[drewphilip]

Reduce power immediately to the warp core, we have an active toroid formation!!!

[antonybullock]

I have absolutely no idea what this is, but it's now on my Amazon wishlist next to my life-size David Hasselhoff statue.

[grantking]

I sucked at calc based physics in college but damn, the EM Waves portion was amazing. I understood the principles and the applications but didnt understand how to do equation substitution very well at the time. Super important to understand how to substitute equations to solve for varibles one by one until you get the varible you are solving for

[KbB-kzqp]

As an electrician for many years, it is clear enough that regarding electricity and electromagnetism, we so far have only scratched the surface.

[Epoch]

That's amazing and also beautiful

[mastertk]

The wobble is due to the copper being uneven. Its coil shape is causing an uneven distribution of the electromagnetic field.

[hardhead]

Looks like something that Spencer's gifts in the mall used to sell.

[krail]

Tony Stark is going to have a lawsuit...

[deltab]

It was amazing to watch the plasma streamers connect to each other. Instantly it becomes a “shorted turn” and starts passing more current.

[olbluelips]

Wow I’ve never seen this, super cool demonstration

[matchrocket]

I don't know how much that miniature toroid producing apparatus cost you but it surely must be far less than the one they are building in France.

[stevetarrant]

Most people think there are only 3 states of matter. Liquid, solid and gas. Yet plasma is the most common form of matter in the universe.

[christiangray]

Cool demonstration, I’d love to know some info on it. If that’s a vacuum, what gases are in the bulb, what voltage and amperage is running through everything.
Just a breakdown, instead of “oooo magic”