Gold Diggers Neon Sign
by Kay Novy
Title
Gold Diggers Neon Sign
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I found this beauty out in Laughlin, Nevada at the Golden Nugget casino.
Neon is a dull and invisible gas until it’s trapped in a tube and zapped with electricity. Literally pulled out of thin air, neon became the bright light of the modern world, a symbol of progress, and an essential component of the electronic age.
The story of neon begins in the 1890s, with Scottish chemist Sir William Ramsay. Best known as the codiscoverer of four of the noble gases (neon, argon, krypton, and xenon), Ramsay also isolated and characterized helium and radon, the other two noble gases, winning the Nobel Prize for his efforts. Together, these six gases form a family of elements distinguished by their unwillingness to bond with other atoms. This standoffish “nobility” gave the noble gases their name.
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May 27th, 2019
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