Lighting Observation #17
1.) Thursday Apr. 7th 2011, 12:00 A.M. Behind Emily Lowe Hall.
2.) A flickering fluorescent bulb in a lamp.
3.) One of the three lamp-style fluorescent lights outside of Lowe 108 was flickering, and the effect was exaggerated by the reflection of the light in the raindrops as they came down. The lights have a medical bluish-white color, and so the flickering was reminiscent of a bug zapper in action. The effect had a rural, spooky feel, like something from a horror movie. It was disconcerting and very vivid. It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the pattern and learn to ignore it, but eventually they did.