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This setup produced dramatic electrical phenomena roughly every 59 seconds, marked by snapping electrical arcs—sharp, intense discharges. They also experimented with adding gaseous argon and xenon between the electrodes, creating dazzling, almost carbon-arc-like light emissions that burned the skin and lit up the surroundings. The tungsten spark gaps used in these experiments, also sourced from surplus military electronics, vaporized repeatedly into white-hot beads of plasma, reminiscent of miniature lightning strikes.