L
Labyrinths, mirror, 6.66, 6.66
Lady of Shallot, reflections in the painting's mirror, 6.75
Lake
freezing, begins at top, otherwise no life, 4.23
Nyos, carbon dioxide eruption, 2.55
oxbow, 2.26
Peigneur, sudden draining in a large vortex, 2.23
LaMothe, Henri, high dive into shallow water, 1.49
Lancaster bomber, rotating bombs of dambusters in World War II, 1.94
Landing airplane on Hudson River, 1.218
Landslides, mystery of long run-outs, 2.115
Land speed record, 1.87
sonic boom
speed
wheel explosion danger
Langmuir circulations
, sand dunes, 2.111
windrows on water, 2.137
Laser
scanning of audience, 6.164
sideshow reflection game, 6.67, 6.67
Lassos, 1.84
Laundry
brightener, 6.137, 6.159
drying of hanging, 4.55
Lava lamps, 4.102
Lead, molten
dipping fingers into, 4.6, 4.6
video of me, Cleveland State University
video of me, The Tonight Show
lethal swallowing, 4.7
Leaves, 2.10, 2.11
Le pastis, alcoholic drink, color shifting, 6.113
Leaning tower in Pisa, 1.67, 1.67
Leaves, colors of aspen, 6.121
Lee, Bruce, fighting, 1.45
Leger, Fernand, art and the attraction to bees, 7.54
Lego blocks
stacking, 1.66
towers, 1.272
Leidenfrost effect
basic effect, 4.6
charged particles, volcanic plumes, 5.30
fingers in molten lead, 4.6, 4.6
video of me, Cleveland State University
video of me, The Tonight Show
liquid nitrogen, 4.6, 4.6
walking on hot coals, 4.8, 4.9
Length contraction, relativistic, 1.162
video, calculations
Lens
ice, 6.93
optically revering arrows, 6.168
water drop, watering plants in sunlight, 6.92
Le Point de Normandie bridge, wind-induced cable oscillations, 2.129
Lethal accidents and events
ascents after deep diving, 2.52
avalanche balloon, 2.109
bees kill hornet thermally, 4.3, 4.3
bunk-bed death, 1.260
children dying in closed cars, 4.84
dangerous electric current levels, 5.23
dogs electrocuted, AC versus DC argument, 5.22
dust explosions, 5.11, 5.11
electrocution, 5.23
Empire State Building airplane crash, 1.54
Hindenburg disaster, 5.15
hot lead swallowing, 4.7
Houdini's death, stomach punch, 1.46
I-95 Mianus Bridge collapse, 1.71, 1.71
Lake Nyos carbon dioxide eruption, 2.55
lightning, animals and people, 5.2
lung squeeze, snorkeling danger, 2.53
magnetic search for bullet in President Garfield, 5.41
mine explosion due to lightning, 5.4
mirror death of referee, Arthur C. Clarke story, 6.82
Nimitz Freeway collapse, ground shake, 2.103
panic escape, 2.105
pedestrian throw by vehicles, 1.215, 1.215
President Kennedy assignation, explosive reaction to bullet, 1.146, 1.146
rail crossing accidents, 7.59
rockfalls, 2.116, 2.116
rogue waves, 2.64
skywalk collapse, 1.47
submarine explosion, 1.126
surgical fires and explosions, 5.26
take-off illusion, aircraft carrier, 1.17
tire explosions, 4.114
train size illusion, danger of, 7.59
twin towers collapse, 1.48
upward streamer, electric storm, 5.1, 5.1, 5.2
urination onto electrified train rail, 5.24
Leverage
bottle opening without bottle opener, 1.262
bunk-bed death, 1.260
dangling donkey, 1.239
fishing rod, 1.159
pole climbing, 1.264
removing car from frozen lake, 1.261
Levitation
frog, magnetic, 5.48
magic trick, Criss Angel, 1.210
Lewis and Clark, mysterious booms from the sky, 3.57
Lichtenberg figures,
discharge paths revealed by powder, 5.18
lightning burns on skin, 5.2
Licking cold pipes, 4.26, 4.26
Lifting bottle, pub trick, 1.57
Lightning
airplanes, 5.3
animals, 5.2
ball and bead, 5.5, 5.5
car, 5.3, 5.3
cause, 5.1
cell phone, danger of, 5.2
crown flash (light reflection by ice crystals), 6.27
explosion, deep in a mine, 5.4
ipods, danger of, 5.2
lodestones, 5.38
people, 5.2, 5.2
rods, 5.7
sprites, 5.6, 5.6
trees, 5.4
vehicles, 5.3
upward streamers, 5.1, 5.1, 5.2
Line across distant rain, 6.147
Line across water, 2.148
Linothorax body armor, 1.130
Liquefaction
earthquake, 2.103, 2.103
glass pushed into wet sand, 2.175
Liquid bridges
sandcastle, 2.86
sand structure around beach stones, 2.112
Liquid marbles, production by aphids, 2.94
Liquid mountaineering (fake video), 2.169
Liquid nitrogen
Leidenfrost effect (floating drops), 4.6, 4.6
mysterious disappearance, murder mystery story, 4.31
Liquid origami, 2.170
Liquid rope coils, 2.62
Little Prince, gravitation on a very small planet, 1.157
Lizards, rain harvesting, 2.82
Lizards, walking on water, 2.42
Loch Ness monster, mirage, 6.30
Lodestones, 5.38
Lone Ranger theme music, 3.86
Long jump, sports, 1.38, 1.38
Longitudinal dunes, 2.111
Loop-the-loop by cars, bikes, skateboards, and running, 1.270
Lottery cheating, 2.162
Lotus effect, extreme non-wetting behavior, 2.93
Lowell, Percival, illusion of spokes on Venus, 7.4
Lunar eclipse, 6.26
Lung squeeze, diving, 2.53