Lippard.Multics@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (07/21/85)
From: "James J. Lippard" <Lippard@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA> > >BTW, when was Kirlian photography discredited? On what grounds? [Chris Jarocha-Ernst] > Don't quote me. My memory got me into trouble once already this > article, but I think that I heard the effect had something to do > with moisture or water vapor. In any case, the effects should be > easily reproducible and hence could studied in the laboratory and I > think we would have heard if there really was anything to this sort > of spirit photography. [Mark Leeper] Images in Kirlian photography are caused entirely by variations in temperature, humidity, and pressure and electrical isolation of the body being photographed. A brief example (with photograph) is given in the first chapter of the book Flim-Flam! by James Randi.