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[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Recently learned this is a double exposure image. They took an exposure in an unlit room for the lightning, then put Tesla in there reading a book and took the second exposure.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 15 points 11 months ago

Correct.

Still a nice composition but it is @deceivinglyhistoryporn if not in the right context.

[–] MakunaHatata@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This photo is so famous yet I never knew this fact about it. Thanks!

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Someone probably claimed AI, and then someone else was forced to correct them based on Cunningham's Law.

I didn't know it was double exposure, too.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago
[–] Brickardo@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why wasn't he instantly fried by some of those lightnings?

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

He wasn't there with the arcs. It's a double-exposure photo. Take a photo with him, then remove him and start the arcs, talking a very, very short exposure photo.

[–] masterphai@fedia.io 0 points 11 months ago

The question is: Did Nikola Tesla ever create a free energy generator? Learn more: https://www.reddit.com/r/Attraction_Spin/comments/134uk4u/teslas_free_energy/