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April 23, 2000: Absinthia's Weddinh
April 22, 2000: Breaking down the firefall for a party.
April 5, 2000: Art Krenzel visits
      Kiki's photos
      Otmar Ebenhoech's photos
      Ron Samuel Klatchko's photos
April 1, 2000: The firefall bites back
March 18, 2000: March 18th, 2000: CMR's Full MOON party!
      CMR's photos
      Kiki's photos
      Ron Samuel Klatchko's photos
February 6, 2000: Experiment night
January 30, 2000: I made a new diverter!


Absinthia's Weddinh
April 23, 2000

We brought the firefall to Absinthia's Wedding, at a lovely orchid nursary.

Unfortunately, it didn't run much since the wind was too strong...
...and then the fire department shut us down anyway...



Photos by Kiki.
I snapped a couple pics, including the fire department arrival...

Fire department
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Fire department
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some nifty inner bubble flames
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Firefall, with the wedding in the background
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Breaking down the firefall for a party.
April 22, 2000

We broke down the firefall for a party.



Photos by Kiki.
Kiki and Scott cleaned up the Firefall for Absinthia's wedding.

Kiki sprays out the bottom bowl
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using the section hose to get the last bit of water
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Kiki plays around with the hose
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Kiki trying to get the big hose to squirt
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Scott plays around the hose
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Art Krenzel visits
April 5, 2000

Art Krenzel came to the Bay Area to spend his and his daughter's vacation.
They were able to stop by and see the firefall run!

We had a great time, and even did some experiements with a mini fog machine of Scott's!



Photos by Kiki.
I didn't snap more than a handful of pics.

Too bad for Art -- his digital camera was stolen in the airport on the return trip! :..(

See how the fuel can bubble up in the inner bubble?
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Just a lovely image, while the lilies are in bloom
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Another lily picture with the firefall
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A simple movie of the water filling up
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Another simple movie of the water flow
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Yet another simple movie of the water
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Art's daughter, Jeanie, and her friend, Christine
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Another of Art's daughter, Jeanie, and her friend, Christine
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This cute doggie chases after a flashlight!
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Photos by Otmar Ebenhoech.
Otmar took these lovely pics!

He said to me recently [May, 2001] ''you have plenty of great photos of the
firefall. What about those nice ones with the lilies in the background?''
I said, "*what* photos with the lilies in the background??" And he said, "oh!
Those were mine! Didn't I ever send them to you??" :)

So here are his photos a little late.

Yes, they *are* really awesome photos! :)

We're trying to warm the water in this photo, actually
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Flames on water
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Flames on water
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Flames on water
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Flames on water
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Flames on water
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Flames right across the surface
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Trying to capture those elusive flames!
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The blue flames inside the inner bubble
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Kiki and her Cauldron
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Kiki
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Kiki's face obscured by flames
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Kiki poses with flames
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Kiki adjusts the pony clip she got from Otmar!
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Kiki with Jeremy
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Kiki and Scott pose together
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Kiki and Scott pose together for a photo
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One of those lovely lily photos!
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Another lovely lily photo!
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Yet another lily photo!
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Someone holding flames -- very subtle!
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Photos by Ron Samuel Klatchko.
Ron snapped these lovely B&W photos!

Kiki poses for a photo
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Art and the girls play
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Touching some small flames
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Scooping up some flames
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Tornados are very difficult to capture!
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''You look so Majo-like in this one!'' --Moocat
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The firefall bites back
April 1, 2000


Kiki got a little singed around the face, but no burns or redness.

Scott and I were alone to take pictures just for us.
Unfortunately, we relaxed our guard, since there wasn't a neive audience...
The inner bubble built up too much fuel, and it got me while I was trying to keep it lit... *sigh*

I wasn't hurt at all, but it singed my hair a bit, and my eyelashes and eyebrows.

This problem has been SOLVED.
It really wasn't a big deal, no one was hurt,
but we're determined not to have this happen again
-- we now know how to prevent it --
but it's a reminder that this is still real fire!


This inner bubble problem is now pretty well solved.
Also, we adhere to our safety procedures at all times from now on.

We are determined never to have this happen again.
[As of July 2001 we have had no problems with this.]



Photos by Kiki.
We snapped a handful of pics to remember this by.

The calm before the storm -- the top is lit and stable
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The loose hair was singed around my face
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My eyelashes and eyebrows were singed a bit too
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One big chunk of hair got it pretty bad
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Here's a closeup of the hair on top
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Some hair near my ears
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March 18th, 2000: CMR's Full MOON party!
March 18, 2000

This was a party put on by the Cataclysmic Megasheer Ranch folks. They're cool!



Photos by CMR.
Cataclysmic Megasheer Ranch Full Moon Party!!

Everyone gathered around
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Photos by Kiki.
This was an awesome party!
We ended up not running the firefall until around 11pm,
and it was so late -- and Scott didn't want to remain sober any longer :) --
so we shut down after less than an hour...

Folks still loved it, though! And we had a grand time!

I think this looks like two people dancing
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I think this looks like a dragon
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I think this looks like a mannequin torso
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One of those ''Two Faces'' pictures
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The little Water Sprite alive and well!
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The Water Sprite will spin for many minutes
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It makes me happy to see the Water Sprite :)
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The Water Sprite comes out when the firefall is lit
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See the Water Sprite in action!
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Another movie of the Water Sprite!
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Yet another movie of the Water Sprite
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Greg Solberg's Jacob's Ladder
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The design is Richard Cossels, I am told
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Nice to loop it!
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The mad man himself!
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Photos by Ron Samuel Klatchko.
This a lovely B&W picture taken by the Moocat,
Ron Samuel Klatchko!

I really like this pic because it captures the essence of the firefall
as well as the ability to play in it!
Nice angle!

Note: copyright Ron Klatchko

Catch some flames!
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Experiment night
February 6, 2000

Dan Lyke and a handful of his friends [and a handful of mine] all
came over to play in the firefall for an evening!



Photos by Kiki.
I snapped picks where I had time -- my first movies too!
[I learned not to take them sideways! Oops! :-\ ]

Michael Jorden in HELL! :)
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Water-flash reflection on their faces
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I was playing with exposures here
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Lookey!
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You can see the tornado structure here!
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Big mass -- long exposure
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Playing with exposures
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Playing with exposures
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Playing with exposures
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I wish I wrote down *what* exposures I was playing with!! :)
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Charlene smiles at Michael
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Charlene
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Charlene laughs!
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Flame swirls -- long exposure
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Dagnabbit!  I kept trying to catch blue flames!
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Inside the inner bubble
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At the water's edge
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More of those lovely lilypads!
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Ak!  Sideways!  Still a cool movie...
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Zach was hard to catch playing...
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I was playing with exposures here
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Blue flames go over the edge -- this is *not* running backwards!
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See the lilypads in action -- fuel just turned off
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I made a new diverter!
January 30, 2000

I made a new diverter for the firefall.

[Unfortunately, it didn't work out very well at all...]

But I did see a lovely salamander -- my "totem animal". :)



Photos by Kiki.
Some illustrative pics of the diverter...and salamander pics. :)

90 degree diverter -- shoots the water at the wall...
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45 degree diverter -- much better!
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Here's the salamander I found!
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