It's a kind of magic
Nikola Tesla is one of the most brilliant scientists and inventors who has ever lived. A figure in the same magnitude as Newton and Einstein with the difference that you are bound to use things which are based on his research and inventions several times every day. But chances are high that you have never heard of him.
In short short he is the father of most practical things based on electricity and wireless transfer. For instance and fought for AC current. This might not say very much to you but without its discovery it would have been impossible or very improbable to use electricity to the extent that we do today. AC is among other things far superior when it comes to transporting the electricity from where it is generated to where it is consumed. So without it you wouldn't be able to get electricity anywhere you wanted or needs to use it.
Another invention was the electrical motor based on AC. While that might not very important if you start to think about stuff that run on electricity and that has moving parts in it and you start to understand now far reaching that is. Stuff like trams, subways, trains etc all need it. And for that matter your dishwasher, washing machine, fan, hairdryer etc etc etc etc - you get the point.
But that is only the start. He discovered wireless communication first. While Marconi is usually credited with that and even got the Nobel prize for it Tesla had described the principle and done experiments years before that and that he wasn't credited as well is usually considered as one of the Nobel prized biggest controversies.
If you heard of military drone aircraft and though it was a fantastic new invention - Tesla was so far ahead that he demonstrated it (although for boats) for the American military in the 19th! century...
He also invented the spark plug that most cars use to start the engine..
After inventing the Tesla coil which nowadays mostly are used to show cool displays but can be used to transmit electricity without wires and many other things. About the same time he also did research on for instance X-rays.
Well you get the point - The guy is a true heavyweight in engineering and science and that he is as unknown as he is is somewhat of a mystery but even though was a true genius at science he wasn't that skilled in publicizing his fantastic discoveries.
Even though he lived and worked in New York for most of his life he was born in current day Serbia where they are very proud of their son. Belgrade's airport is for instance named after him and the Nikolas Tesla museum where this photo was taken is located there.
If you want to take a shot like this you need to find a non-lethal Tesla coil (most are quite dangerous to get close to since they wield considerable power) and a willing subject that can stand still while getting electricity sent through you.
And before anyone asks - yes what you see hasn't been added in post - it is real electricity.
You should really watch this Large On Black since that brings out more details. My pictures aren't balanced for a white background and a lot of the finer details are lost in this small format. the large version is a sixth of the original - The medium size shown here even smaller...
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