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Telectroscope Connects New York & London

Telectroscope Connects New York & London

In all its optical brilliance and brass and wood, there stood the Telectroscope: an 11.2-meter-(37 feet) long by 3.3-meter-(11 feet) tall dream of a device allowing people on one side of the Atlantic to look into its person-size lens and, in real time, see those on the other side via a recently completed tunnel running under the ocean. (Think 19th-century Webcam. Or maybe Victorian-age video phone.)

"The Telectroscope started off as a totally unintentional hoax in the 1870s," explains St George, who is the leading expert on this forgotten backwater of Victorian technology. "It came about through an error. A French editor misread a report about the invention of a thing called the Electroscope - which is all to do with static electricity - and called it a Telectroscope. He also misinterpreted its purpose. "The fascinating thing is that his misunderstanding of what it did - to communicate face to face over a vast distance - really caught fire.

Needless to say there is no such massive tunnel. The end portals were just made to look like they're heading through the earth. In actuality, they're connected via "fiber optic cabling, and an HD camera and projector on either end provide live streaming video. But who really cares, you can still look in one end of this device in New York and see out the other in London. You'll find one end next to the Brooklyn Bridge, and the other across the pond, next to Tower Bridge."

The Telectroscope captured St. George's imagination five years ago, when he began pondering how to do a project on the childhood fantasy of digging a hole to the opposite side of the Earth. And because the artist also happens to have an expertise in Victorian chronophotography -- a precursor to cinematography -- he had a slight idea of where to look for the proper equipment.

"We all have that idea in our head if we could make a tunnel to the other side of the Earth," St. George said."But we are not all crazy enough to actually try and do it."

St. George was crazy enough to actually try and do it, but he realized he could not do the digging alone. So about two years ago, he pitched the idea to Artichoke, the British arts group responsible for taking the Sultan's Elephant -- a 42-ton mechanical creature -- for a stroll through central London in 2006. The company was immediately taken by St. George's idea.

"The whole thing is about seeing what is real and what isn't real and how the world is," said Nicki Webb, a co-founder of Artichoke. "Is it nighttime when we are in daytime, and does it look familiar to us or not?"

When the sun illuminated the lens of the Telectroscope next to the Thames, it was, of course, still nighttime in New York. So the screen inside the scope broadcast back only an empty sidewalk silently framed by the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline.

But then something miraculous occurred.

Trimarsanto Films - cah Klaten yg berPrestasi

Who is Tonny Trimarsanto?

Mengawali karir sebagai penulis, periset materi visual, dan penata artistik film kemudian memilih menjadi sutradara film. Meraih penghargaan Best Art Director di Festival Film Kine Klub (“Daun di Atas Bantal”, karya Garin Nugroho), memperoleh Best Film dan Best Picture dari film “Gerabah Plastik” di Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2002, meraih penghargaan Excellence Award dari film “Tanah Impian” di 12th Erath Vision International Film Festival 2003 Tokyo, meraih Best Short Asia Film dari film “Renita Renita” di 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival 2007 di Philipina. Hingga saat ini menjadi fasilitator workshop untuk produksi film pendek dan film dokumenter di banyak tempat.

http://trimarsantofilms.com/

T o n n y T r i m a r s a n t o A ,
Film Director , and Documentary Workshop Fasilitator

A d d r e s s,
Griya Prima Utara Rt.20/ Rw 19 Belang Wetan
Klaten Utara Jawa Tengah
INDONESIA 57433,

E m a i l :
tonnytrimarsanto@yahoo.com
P h o n e : + 62 0815 925 6503,

E d u c a t i o n,
Surakarta 11th March University (Universitas 11 Maret), Faculty of Social and Politic Sciences, Major in Mass Communication.

A W A R D S

1997,
*
Winner Best Art Director, for movie “Daun di Atas Bantal” (“Leaf on A Pillow” Garin Nugroho), at Indonesian Cine Club Film Festival

2002,
* winner Best Film, for “ Gerabah Plastik”,at Indonesian Doc Film Festival

2003,
* In Competition Selection, for “:The Dream Land”, at JIFFEST

2004,
* Winner Excellent Prize, for “ The Dream Land“, at 12th Earth Vision, Global Enviroment Documentary Film Festival 2004 Tokyo
* Exebition for “The Dream Land” and “Adung My Friend”, at Green Film Festival Seoul Korea

2005,
* In Competition Selection, “I Lost My Forest in One Minutes”, at 13TH Earth Vision Global Enviroment Documentary Film Festival 2005 Tokyo

2006,
* In Competition Selection UN CERTAIN REGARD, 59th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2006, feature movie “ S E R A M B I “
* In Competition Selection Ibero World Cinema , 24th Miami International Film Festival Florida US, feature movie “ S E R A M B I “
* In Asia Program , Tokyo International Film Festival feature movie “ S E R A M B I “
* In Competition Selection, Vancouver International Film Festival , Canada feature movie “S E R A M B I “
* In Competition Selection , SLINGSHORT Film Festival , “ Renita Renita “
* In Competition Selection, KONFIDEN Film Festival , “ Renita Renita”

2007,
* In Competition Selection, CON CAN SHORT Film Festival Tokyo Japan, “ Renita Renita”
* In Short Programme, 20th Singapore International Film Festival,” Renita Renita “
* In Short Programme, Q Film Festival Yogyakarta, ,” Renita Renita“

F I L M O G R A P H Y
TV a n d F i l m W o r k s (as a Director)

2001,
* documentary, “ My Cloth Like a Rainbow ” (making clothes with natural resources) SET Film – Visi Anak Bangsa (VAB)
* documentary, “ Adung My Friend “ (orang utan to be kill in Borneo island) SET Film – Visi Anak Bangsa (VAB)
* documentary, “ Botanical Garden “ (species dying) Kebun Raya Foundation

2002,
* documentary, “ One Nation “ (conflict racial in Maluku) SET Film - VAB
* documentary, “ Gerabah Plastic “ (plastic poluted) Cangkir Kopi Film
* documentary, “ Dream Land “ (conflict Porsea’s people and the big industry) WALHI – Rainforest Norwegia
* documentary, “ Special Program for Food Security , vol.1 (agriculture) FAO

2003,
* documentary, “ Roedjito “ (one of most famous stage artist in Indonesia)
* documentary, “ I Lost My Forest in One Minutes “ (about deforestation) INFORM
* documentary, “ My Forest Gone, Disaster Come “ (about deforestation) INFORM
* documentary, “ Public Participated “ (about deforestation) INFORM
* documentary, “ Special Program fo Food Security ,vol.2 FAO, short movie, “Orange Country", commercial tv, “Labelisasi Lampu Hemat Energi” - PLN

2004,
* documentary, “ The Last Forest” INFORM (TNC, WWF, Bird Life, CI)
* documentary, “ Mother Tears “ YLKI
* documentary, “Aku Ingin “, (Sapardi Djoko Damono), Lontar - Ford Foundation
* documentary, “Hana Rambey”, Lontar – Ford Foundation
* documentary, “Secercah Harapan”, Sampoerna Foundation
* documentary, “ Special Program fo Food Security ,vol.3 FAO

2005,
* documentary, “Konflik Rasial”, KOMNAS HAM
* documentary, “My Beloved Mother”, ALDP Papua, feature movie, “S E R A M B I”, Christine Hakim Film
* documentary, “New Hope”, ACCESS Australia

2006,
* documentary, “13 tahun Berjalan “, Komnas Ham - SambilBerjalan Films
* documentary, “Renita, Renita”, SambilBerjalan Films

2007,
* documentary , “Profil Kabupaten Morowali”
* documentary, “In The Shadow of The Flag”, Progressio

2008,
* documentary, “Profil Kabupaten Sumenep”

Rarely Seen Cloud Formations - FunOnTheNet

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Rarely Seen Cloud Formations

There seems to be no end to strange cloud formations! From Punch hole clouds to cloud vortices, enjoy these rarely seen cloud formations!

Punch Hole Clouds may appear as a circular or oval holes in a layer of supercooled clouds; sometimes they assume a form of a perfect circle and persist for quite a long time, drifting together with the cloud layer. One explanation seems to blame the air traffic (the jet contrail intersections) combined with a thermal inversion (a circular motion of a rising warm air). Here is one, observed over the Gunnison Valley in Colorado:


(image credit: Cuerling)

Another strange hole in the cloud, reported from Mobile, Alabama USA, Dec. 2003 (and covered by BBC News):


(images credit: Joel Knain and Weatherlings)

Photo taken in Melbourne, Australia in 2003:


(images via)

It seems both rising and sinking air currents can create the same effect. Sometimes a very stable, uniform layer of high-altitude clouds can get "punched though" by a pocket of cold air, which sinks toward the ground - creating the circular hole formation.


(image credit: Neil Johnson(The Tampa Tribune) and Gwen Swinburne)

These "cloud holes" can look like the footprints of some celestial being (UFO enthusiasts rejoice!) or can be amazingly round, like this pair observed in Gallatin, Tennessee by Wayne Carter:


(image credit: Wayne Carter)

NASA takes satellite images of this phenomenon

NASA Terra satellite equipped with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) has captured these images over Acadiana area in southern Louisiana - a splattering of round holes actually stretched over several states: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Some were elongated, some appeared to have smaller clouds inside them.

Cloud Vortices: another "holey" sky phenomena

Theodore von Karman's "Cloud Vortices" are something else, again: they form when the wind encounters a barrier - such as the Aleutian islands, in this case - and the flowing eddies of cloud create a weird pattern. The image you see below was photographed from the International Space Station, and the animation shows the double row of vortices, which rotate opposite from each other.


(image credit: NASA)


(image credit: Cesareo de la Rosa Siqueira, via)


More Incredible and Fascinating Clouds

...that make our sky worthy to look at from time to time (those who only look at the computer monitor, take note). Here is an extremely strong thunderstorm cloud that brewed over northwest Calgary:



(images credit: D'Arcy Norman)

Another supercell cloud in Alberta skies, this time over Edmonton:


(image credit: Greg)

'shrooms:


(image credit: Cloud Appreciation Society)

Another cloud "wave", similar to the one over South Dakota Badlands (see here):


(image credit: Barry Slade)

Roll clouds... get into a small plane and start "surfing" them! -


(image credit: Russell White)


(image credit: Dan Bush)

A Cloud Angel -


(sent in by Dave)

Two light-sabers get crossed in the sky:


(image credit: Olga Olgert)

A fire-breathing rabbit-dragon, and a fantastic cloud edge:


(original unknown)

A "genie", coming out of a bottle:


(image credit: Raoul Pop)

Spectacular lenticulars in the morning light... and a whole "pancake" stack of them, over at Mount Rainier in Washington:



(image credit: Arco Images, Alamy, National Geographic)

Stormy:


(image via)

An interesting rainbow effect:


(original unknown)

Nacreous clouds - good page about them, with lots of info:


(image credit: Atmospheric Optics)

Prepare to get squashed, Earthlings! -


(image credit: Sam LeBarron)