[acidfree:1211 align=right title=’Cherenkov Radiation’] Hot on the heels of my recent post about the Saint Lucie Power Station that’s nearby comes more digging and happiness — for whatever reason, nuclear power is an interesting topic to me. The grand “red herring” of nuclear fusion is something we’ll eventually turn into something usable, not just a joke (and the pictures you get from that stuff are just stunningly beautiful). Note the person taking the picture of that live, operational reactor is completely safe from the radiation it’s producing — a simple pool of water is plenty of protection. Not a bit of radiation gets past it (just don’t go for a swim or take a drink ).

Click on that picture and then try to tell me you’re not at least mildly impressed

Or maybe I’m just easily amused by glowing things.

“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.”
— Dr. Seuss