What happens when 15,000 Volts travels through wood

New York City's Pratt Institute sculpture student Melanie Hoff wanted to find out so she connected cables carrying 15,000 volts of electricity to a large plank of wood and then documented the results.

Surprisingly the areas around each contact point don’t simply catch on fire or burn in a circle, but rather traverse outward in a fractal-like pattern called a "Lichtenberg figure", similar to what happens when lightening hits an object. 

The amazing patterns created were captured in a video shown below.

Miniature street scenes

These amazing miniature street scenes are very life like and are created by Alan Wolfson, a master of the miniature.

He focuses upon mundane city landmarks that people interact with on a daily basis but in the most amazing detail.

You can see many more of his creations here on Web Urbanist.