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Mysterious Floating Flame not really lighting related but i found this quite intreasting...when i struck the lighter the flame went from normal...to this no photoshopping here at all..i was dumbfounded...what the heck is happening here?.anybody care to take a swing at it? Keywords: Miscellaneous

Mysterious Floating Flame

not really lighting related but i found this quite intreasting...when i struck the lighter the flame went from normal...to this
no photoshopping here at all..i was dumbfounded...what the heck is happening here?.anybody care to take a swing at it?

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Filename:ect_020.JPG
Album name:Form109 / Misc. Lighting Stuff
Keywords:Miscellaneous
Filesize:205 KiB
Date added:Dec 19, 2011
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DateTime Original:2011:12:19 01:26:00
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Focal length:18 mm
ISO:400
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Make:Sony
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Model:DSLR-A230
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rjluna2   [Dec 19, 2011 at 11:29 AM]
Probably running out of fuel Confused
dor123   [Dec 19, 2011 at 03:37 PM]
Sometimes if you set the knob of your cigarette lighter at the side of + (Maximum flame size, maximum butane flow), it makes such a strange flame.
This is usually occurs in cheapee cigarette lighters, if the flow and the burning rate of the butane is too high and the size of the flame exceeds the maximum. Than the flame appears as not in contact with the lighter.
SeanB~1   [Dec 19, 2011 at 03:49 PM]
The flow rate is so high that the flame front is in the air. If you lower the flame size it will drop down to burn on the outlet of the mixing nozzle, as normal.
Form109   [Dec 19, 2011 at 07:48 PM]
rijluna2 is correct...the lighter is running out of fuel didn't know it at the time til i struck the lighter and it would light anymore.

but i've heard of what dor123 & seanB~1 are speaking of...and i think they have some youtube videos of it...still pretty neat though. Very Happy
TiCoune66   [Dec 19, 2011 at 09:58 PM]
My guess is that there's just enough fuel to keep the flame going, more fuel would make the combustion start lower.

The cool thing is that you can crop the picture to only keep the flame, and tell the world you have magic powers Razz
dor123   [Dec 20, 2011 at 12:53 PM]
I saw this phenomenon numerous time, as we have tenants and directors people that smokes in my hostel.

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