Wednesday, January 15, 2020

When Trippy Black-Light Murals Brought the Cosmos Down to Earth



ONE DAY IN THE 1950S, Thomas Voter pulled a mask over his nose and mouth, reached for an airbrush, and attempted to make the aurora borealis dance across a darkened sky. The particular paint he was using contained ingredients that would fluoresce under ultraviolet light, also known as black light. These lights near the mural would be designed to sweep across the image, making the aurora shimmy, quiver, and astound.


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