Daniel Mullen Paints Light Like A Boss

Amazing Visuals
Check this out -- Daniel Mullen, acrylic on canvas, title should be "I'M GONNA SMACK YOU WITH AWESOME" Daniel Mullen Amsterdam based abstract architectural painter, Daniel Mullen, was born in Glasgow, Scotland 1985. He graduated in...
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One Dead, Five Injured in China Truss Collapse

Disasters and Accidents
I'm not surprised, but it definitely sucks.  One person was killed and at least five others were severely injured when an upstage truss tipped...

Brazilian Man Killed in Arc Flash at Music Festival

Disasters and Accidents
It's pretty cut and dry - a Brazilian man climbed up some truss, barefoot, and while traversing his way, barefoot, across the downstage truss,...

Retinal Orgasm – NASA’s Releases of the Lagoon Nebula

Space Light
Oh my goodness, watch this: The Lagoon Nebula. Media server folks, want some amazing content? Holy crap. This is incredible imagery. From the Hubble site: At the...

The Daily Lamp – Dror Caspi and HELIA, Ardoma Design

The Daily Lamp
These things are made of concrete.  Concrete shade-style fixtures...  the manufacturer includes two materials, concrete and metal fittings.  Let's just say you're ordering the extra-strength...

The Daily Lamp – RLON’s L3 Lamp

Fixture Manufacturers
It's been a long time since I've been able to look at non-entertainment fixtures, but I very much enjoyed finding this one!  Meet design...

Overunity Systems, Perpetual Motion, Zero Point Energy

Alternative Energy
What is this nonsense? Breaking the Laws of Thermodynamics?! You are CRAZY, JimOnLight! You nutjob, those are LAWS!

HELIOS is the US Navy’s New Laser Weapon

Laser
The personification of the sun... a laser that can knock a drone dead out of the sky, somewhere between 60kW and 150kW. That's tremendous.

Wires Above Cities, Then and Now

Electrical Safety
Before we had rat nests of death in the air through cities across the world, we had beautiful rat nests of death across the air in our cities. Notice the difference?

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2010 Asian Games Opening Ceremony – Whoa. No, Seriously.

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This post started out as a bump for another great Boston Globe Big Picture Blog post, this time on the 2010 Asian Games opening...

2008’s Most Exciting Concert Visuals

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My wife sent me a link to AccentFeed's article about the most exciting concert visuals of 2008.  You gotta check this out!

Jax Steager Joins the JimOnLight.com Team – Welcome Jax!

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JimOnLight.com is growing so fast.  SO fast.  I have my irons in so many fires right now that most days I think the world...

3D Projection and Coordinated Light. Cool.

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I got this Facebooked from my good old friend Mikey Husman out of Columbus, OH.  Mike and I have done tons of shows together,...

Fixtures That Help Life Grow – Literally

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Giving plants artificial light so they can do their thing is obviously not a foreign concept - plants need soil, water, and light.  I...

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Event Horizon Telescope – Capture the Edge of Light

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Imagine something so powerful that not even light can escape -- and then imagine that we have no way to see it, because not even light can escape it.

Argentinian Dude Photographs Exploding Star

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Thanks to Victor Buso, we now have photographs of the supernova explosion in the spiral galaxy NGC 613 -- a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Ten Minutes of Fireworks Intentionally Fired at Once

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Ever seen a ten minute display of fireworks fired off all at once? Here's a good example!

VER Merges With PRG

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Whoa.  VER (Video Equipment Rentals, for those who don't know what a VER is) just...

Incredible Sustainable Power News Among Energy Stories that are Liquid Poop

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There is so much bad news going on lately with regards to the plight of...

Wasp39B – An Exoplanet with Water, but at 1400 Degrees

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There is so much that can be discerned by dissecting light from faraway places.  Right...

Electrical Bird Nests of Death Worldwide

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I just recently learned what the actual definition of a clusterfuck was, and I was...
"Light becomes an intelligent language"

Name Change – Philips Lighting Rebrands as SIGNIFY

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Philips Lighting is rebranding itself as Signify, which is a pending change, shareholders willing.  News...

A New Church of White Concrete and Filtered Light

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White concrete and direct sunlight mixed with indirect sunlight make for one amazing church.
incredible Aurora Borealis...

8K, 360-degree Video of the Aurora Borealis and Lunar Eclipse in Fairbanks

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The Aurora Borealis and Lunar Eclipse in Fairbanks, Alaska last week. 8K. 360-degree video. Mind blowing.
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This guy keeps us running. Fox is our Chief Web Strategist by night. By day, he is the Lead Projectionist on Cirque du Soleil's Drawn to Life. He also writes most of our safety related content.

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