Wordless Wednesday - Green Fire Jack-o-Lantern
Wednesday October 8, 2008
This one is for Franny, About's Guide to Cats... now get to carving and fill your Halloween jack-o-lantern with green flames! Here's how you do it.
Anne Marie's Chemistry Blog
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com Guide to Chemistry since 2001
This one is for Franny, About's Guide to Cats... now get to carving and fill your Halloween jack-o-lantern with green flames! Here's how you do it.
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Comments
Now THIS is cool. Do I need to get a bonfire permit before I try it?
Well, you do if you did it the way I did it, which involved accidentally setting my yard on fire
but that was because I poured fuel on the outside of the pumpkin trying to see if it would improve the photo (no photo of that; was busy using the lid of the pumpkin to put out flames).
If you are sane about it and use a _small_ volume of methanol you won’t experience lawn pyrotechnics. I wouldn’t do it indoors, since it gives off more smoke than a candle and can set off a smoke detector (not usually, but it’s possible).
WHEEE! What fun! And I love how the aluminium foil acts as a reflector (as well as heat shield), just intensifying the effect!
So cool . .
You must be great fun to have as a mother.
I love this….I LOVE Halloween!!!!
My wordless is posted if you’d like to stop by. Happy Wednesday
That is wicked cool!
Happy WW!
Very cool and very spooky!
This is so cool! We don`t do Halloween, but I`m thinking I could find another reason to create some funky flames.