Why 10,000 volts at altitude is a BAD IDEA

Thanks to Brilliant for sponsoring this video. Be one of the first 200 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your premium subscription! https://brilliant.org/strangeparts What started as a straightforward attempt to try out a portable scanning electron microscope has evolved into a journey down the rabbit hole into the physics of high voltage electricity. It's given me a much deeper understanding of how high voltage arcing happens, and why it's so much easier for it to happen at higher altitudes. I built some demonstrations showing why and how it happens! See behind the scenes at Strange Parts: http://twitter.com/strangepartscom http://instagram.com/strangeparts_com http://facebook.com/strangepartscom http://twitch.tv/strangeparts