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physics ≠ magic (lemmy.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Ah, it’s a photo of a mercury arc rectifier (which is more electrical engineering, maybe?), not, Cherenkov radiation.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

"Mercury" and "arc" on the same sentence do really, really not make one imagine something that perfectly fine to use or be around in operation.