Electric Wood Fractal
by Owen Borville
November 2, 2021
Science
Electricity makes a fractal branching pattern when applied through wood materials or other solid insulating materials.
This pattern is known as a Lichtenberg Figure and occurs when lightning or an electric current is projected through a material and "burns through" the material.
The procedure to produce a Lichtenberg figure is dangerous and can result in death by electrocution if not properly executed.
This unique pattern produced in wood resembles branching trees, plant roots, or a fern plant.
Lichtenberg patterns also form in liquid and gas mediums.
Lightning can create lichtenberg figures in various materials, including grass. A lightning bolt itself is a lichtenberg figure.
Fulgurite, fossilized lightning, can occur in nature as a mineral deposit as lightening bolt strikes sand.
The lichtenberg figure pattern is repeated at smaller scales toward infinity.
by Owen Borville
November 2, 2021
Science
Electricity makes a fractal branching pattern when applied through wood materials or other solid insulating materials.
This pattern is known as a Lichtenberg Figure and occurs when lightning or an electric current is projected through a material and "burns through" the material.
The procedure to produce a Lichtenberg figure is dangerous and can result in death by electrocution if not properly executed.
This unique pattern produced in wood resembles branching trees, plant roots, or a fern plant.
Lichtenberg patterns also form in liquid and gas mediums.
Lightning can create lichtenberg figures in various materials, including grass. A lightning bolt itself is a lichtenberg figure.
Fulgurite, fossilized lightning, can occur in nature as a mineral deposit as lightening bolt strikes sand.
The lichtenberg figure pattern is repeated at smaller scales toward infinity.