Whatzit?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Severely cropped picture of a luminous baseball cap at a ball game?

........................no.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Another sample of something cropped from within the same overall view - a different piece of the puzzle as it might be thought.

[chuck]

Those look like the tops of casks used to move around nuclear material to/from a hot cell. Submerged in ~20 feet of ultra clean water and sitting on a metal grid (usually aluminum) to keep the cask off the floor of the pool.

The glow from the previous image Cherenkov radiation?

like this?



or more likely, this, aka a research reactor, pulling fuel elements



Where, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

[webenda]

The glow from the previous image Cherenkov radiation?
or more likely, this, aka a research reactor, pulling fuel elements

Where, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

You got it Chuck. The first clue (outlined in white here) fits your image perfectly.



Reference: http://knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/2015/07 ... e-reactor/

[webenda]

The blue glow is caused by Alpha radiation (Helium atoms stripped of electrons) leaving the fission reaction of the nuclear fuel with a velocity faster than the speed of light. The alpha particle generates a shock wave (similar to an aircraft traveling faster than the speed of sound) which pumps up the water molecules to a higher energy level as it passes by them. After things quiet down the water emits a blue photon as it returns to a lower energy level.

One of the lab experiments I did at the University of California Irvine was to determine which radio active sample in my lab kit radiated Alpha particles and which radiated Beta particles. Too easy. Paper blocked the Alpha particles but not the Beta particles. An aluminum sheet blocked both particles.

Want a sample of radio active Polonium 210 so you can do your own experiments?

Reference: https://www.adorama.com/l/?searchinfo=s ... ush+1+inch

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Those look like the tops of casks used to move around nuclear material to/from a hot cell. Submerged in ~20 feet of ultra clean water and sitting on a metal grid (usually aluminum) to keep the cask off the floor of the pool.

The glow from the previous image Cherenkov radiation?

like this?


Where, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Specifically, it's the HFIR reactor at ORNL.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Another what and where.......

[chuck]

Reptile?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Reptile?

No; not living.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

To me, it looks like the buttoned-up jacket part of a bronze statue male figure .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

To me, it looks like the buttoned-up jacket part of a bronze statue male figure .

You are very definitely on to something,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

To me, it looks like the buttoned-up jacket part of a bronze statue male figure .

You are very definitely on to something,

...and if that is part of a bronze statue, judging from the patina, I'd say it was pretty old, kind
of like the statue of Alice-in-Wonderland that is along the Fifth Avenue side of Central Park. Somehow , it reminds me of the Mad Hatter's jacket in that ensemble, though I haven't seen it for decades.

Oh. Wait. Hey, are you saying I am "onto something" or "on something" ??!!!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

To me, it looks like the buttoned-up jacket part of a bronze statue male figure .

You are very definitely on to something,

...and if that is part if a bronze statue, judging from the patina, I'd say it was pretty old, kind
of like the statue of Alice-in-Wonderland that is along the Fifth Avenue side of Central Park. Somehow , it reminds me of the Mad Hatter's image in that ensemble.

Pretty old..........no, not as old as you,

Oh. Wait. Hey, are you saying I am "onto something" or "on something" ??!!!

The former; that latter is possible as well, I guess,

[rogruth]

Maybe one of the statues that have been defaced or destroyed recently. ???

[chuck]

Vince Dooley statue? Commemorating the win over Notre Dame in 1980 National Championship. Location off of the UGA practice field?