Kirlian photography is a collection of photographic techniques used to capture the phenomenon of electrical coronal discharges.
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13 Facts About Kirlian photography
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Kirlian photography has been the subject of scientific research, parapsychology research, and art.
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Kirlian photography is a technique for creating contact print photographs using high voltage.
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Kirlian photography does not require the use of a camera or a lens because it is a contact print process.
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Kirlian photography has been a subject of scientific research, parapsychology research and pseudoscientific claims.
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Results of scientific experiments published in 1976 involving Kirlian photography of living tissue showed that most of the variations in corona discharge streamer length, density, curvature, and color can be accounted for by the moisture content on the surface of and within the living tissue.
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Paranormal claims of Kirlian photography have not been observed or replicated in experiments by the scientific community.
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Kirlian believed that images created by Kirlian photography might depict a conjectural energy field, or aura, thought, by some, to surround living things.
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Kirlian photography's experiments did not provide evidence for an energy field other than the electric fields produced by chemical processes and the streaming process of coronal discharges.
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Coronal discharges identified as Kirlian photography auras are the result of stochastic electric ionization processes and are greatly affected by many factors, including the voltage and frequency of the stimulus, the pressure with which a person or object touches the imaging surface, the local humidity around the object being imaged, how well grounded the person or object is, and other local factors affecting the conductivity of the person or object being imaged.
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Scientists such as Beverly Rubik have explored the idea of a human biofield using Kirlian photography research, attempting to explain the Chinese discipline of Qigong.
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Kirlian photography has appeared as a fictional element in numerous books, films, television series, and media productions, including the 1975 film The Kirlian Force, re-released under the more sensational title Psychic Killer.
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Kirlian photography photographs have been used as visual components in various media, such as the sleeve of George Harrison's 1973 album Living in the Material World, which features Kirlian photography photographs of his hand holding a Hindu medallion on the front sleeve and American coins on the back, shot at Thelma Moss's UCLA parapsychology laboratory.
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