by electric discharge
through loose material on a CRT
The two adjacent positive-spider patterns are the end of a discharge
process whereas the negative spider directly above them and in the pictures below is
an early phase when material is removed. 
The two Negative Spiders, at center screen had material
stripped away as proximity between my finger and the crt surface was closed. (shown more clearly below
in this close-up of a similar one at another location)
These spider features are raised above the surface. They occured as a consequence
of a discharge with my finger which removed material from the screen which also led to deposits of material with preference
to
the contact points of an aspect of the discharge to the screen.
The fiberglass material, heaped up to form a raised spider,
has many
attributes common to the Martian spiders in the next image.
The following features were made during an experiment involving two monitors passing in close proximity screen to screen
One monitor was powered on and the other off
Powdered material was applied to one monitor and was transfered to the other during interactions
Martian Spider patterns
Created in Backyard Experiments
The mystery of a common formation to
the south polar region is the Martian spider, a raised
feature with many lightning-looking features radiating out
from the center in all directions. In a backyard experiment
these features have been duplicated in great detail. We now
have a repeatable experiment producing these patterns from
electrical discharges so now a question can be justifiably
raised; what electrical process could be responsible for
those spiders on Mars? That won't be answered here but i'll
point you to qualified people who might have an
explanation.
What follows is the details
of the experiment and the patterns which resulted.
To help you understand the
electrical dynamics behind these figures we can look at
Lichtenberg figures and then scale them down to compare
these patterns in the fiberglass-dust covering an old VGA
CRT.
You will want to refer to a site called Thunderbolts.info were
they are featuring articles on this subject and numerous
others.
This experiment involves an
Old VGA CRT that may have some internal malfunction which
might be contributing to a tendency for these discharges of low
intensity across the face of the exposed surface of the
tube. For this experiment fiberglass powder was distributed
in various depths, less than a 1/32th in most areas.
Patterns of many types have been demonstrated but
these spiders are something to behold, a real-time example
in scaled-down form of amazing similarity to Martian
Spiders.
A previous experiment with dust
overlaid by fiberglass preceeded this session by several
days. Those patterns were being observed when they became
disturbed resulting in the material being moved around on
the surface and partially removed. An effort to
redistribute evenly was made but there were many areas of
the glass that were still bare so more fiberglass was added
to the screen by sprinkeling from a film canister. The
power was then cycled on and off to arrange the material by
the field being generated by the CRT.
I do not
reccomend using fiberglass powder without extremely
effective protective gear for your eyes and lungs. Trying
different powders will have varied results, field dust will
do well but visibility is low. Talc or foot powder might be
ok in a dry enviornment but they tend to do poorly in
higher humidity.
There a several patterns which can be made
consistantly with static discharges between the CRT and My
finger. When the power is on a circular pattern is made.
When the power is off and loose material is present on the
screen, negative spiders can be formed. Most times, material
will be pulled off the screen and attracted to my finger
and under certain circumstances the material will be
re-deposited to the central part of the spider and to parts
of the legs as my finger is pulled away. I call these
spiders 'pullaway spiders. They are also those with a negative
and positive characteristic. They match the spider ravines
rather closely and when multiple discharges occur in the
same region their size will grow. Another
pattern which is consistently made is the positive-relief
spider but making those is a bit more challanging. Start
with a clean monitor and a second monitor with material
coating the screen. With power off to the clean CRT attempt
to get discharges between your finger and the screen. If
none occure you'll want to turn it on and get some discharges start the process
going (remember that these discharges will be circular).
When you can't get any more discharges turn it off and attempt
getting discharges again, they may
be small but you'll get the idea just the same. Once you
stop getting arcs go to the other monitor and power it on.
Attempt getting discharges which may collect material to
your finger. If material collects go to the clean monitor
and power it on then move your finger into close
proximity, the material on your finger should stream off to
the areas surrounding the power-on discharges and to the
legs of the spiders made in power-off mode. Repeat the
process and alter it as you are led to see the different results. You
should see material stream off your finger to the
perimiters of the round circles made while power is on and
to the thin legs of the lichtenberg patterns made by the
power-off discharges.
More info will be added as
more clarity comes during my observations.
You can compare these images with adjacent
images of features commonly seen on Mars, Moons and
asteroids.
We are aware of the plasma nature of the space
environment and the plasma sheaths that form around bodies
in space
as they move within the solar stream of charged particles.
Reason exists to conclude that these bodies become charged
with their own state of charge. We know that two
objects of differing charge potential will discharge in arc
mode as
they come into close proximity but even before that happens
there are other modes of discharge which can reveal their
activity in loosly bound material on the surface of an
object such as a CRT.
In the description attempted here the modes of discharge will
not be delt with in specifics but be mentioned in association
with whether a physical arc was seen or heard. This will be arc mode
If acticity
occurs without an arc this will be regarded as a dark discharge
since nothing visible or audible has occured. The glow mode of
plasma discharge does not seem applicable at this point in the experiments.
The CRT experiments give us a unique opportunity to see the
reaction of different materials to discharges of several
types.
During a discharge
material might be removed from the surface and redistributed in
specific manners or distributed to the surface from another object
in close proximity.
Fiberglass powder is
highly excitable and has given the best results. The departure of material is
one
detail to take note of but the patterns left behind are significantly more
important for they are in many cases close matches of the mysterious
Martian
Spiders and many other features as well. Compare the images at the
links to the left with images from any space mission and
see for yourself and decide for yourself, from this
evidence and that obtained from your own experiments, what
is the most believable explanation for the formation of
surface features in this electrically active universe .
More details will be added so check back
again.
