Via Neatorama, I saw the terrible beauty that is the Cauac Twins – a giant Tesla coil pair at the Coachella 2007 music festival (I believe BoingBoing did a big post about it, a while ago, though I may be mistaken).  40ft (12m) apart and 16ft (almost 5m) tall, they’re the largest twin Tesla coils in the world (apparently).

For more photographs to sigh over, see here, and for photographs of the construction, you’d be very well served on this page.  Oh what a stunning sight they must have been – long exposure photography or not, they’d still be a primal and exciting creation to observe!  Thank you Mr Tesla for these, one of the most Steampunk of legacies.

This entry was posted on Sunday, May 13th, 2007 at 4:53 pm by Tinkergirl and is filed under Steampunk Images.