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Klein bottle (procrastination)

Klein bottle (procrastination) by Pragmagraphr.
I shot this Klein bottle in a dark room, and illuminated it using a red laser pointer.
The Klein bottle has a little water inside (i.e. outside). View On Black

A mathematician named Klein
Thought the Möbius band was divine.
Said he: «If you glue
The edges of two,
You'll get a weird bottle like mine.»


Explored #139 on Dec 15, 2007 

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Sand Ingrid  Pro User  says:

Tøft bilde! :-)
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Calvin E. Photography says:

Crazy cool. You are very creative.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pragmagraphr  Pro User  says:

The Klein bottle is a non-orientable 2-manifold that actually needs four dimensions to live in. But I've got the next best thing: a three dimensional immersion. Ok, so it's got a self-intersection, it's not perfect, but I think we can all agree that it's more easily available than the fourth dimension.

This thing actually has only one side, so its inside is also its outside.
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eirikref  Pro User  says:

Wow! Jeg støtter Ingrid, og sier at det var seriøst tøft.
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Pragmagraphr  Pro User  says:

Takk, takk!
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¤ njm ¤  Pro User  says:

This is seriously cool.
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artgeek  Pro User  says:

Hmmm, looks a lot like this plane made from stainless steel and pressed or molded into a cup shape:
coffeepot with laser pointer
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Pragmagraphr  Pro User  says:

Haha! Nice one, artgeek. Mine is non-orientable, though. Also, yours is homeomorphic to a torus (it has a handle).
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marshlight  Pro User  says:

Amazing shot, great concept, just all around awesome.

Seen in Science Nerd Depot (?)
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highsierramedia  Pro User  says:

Very creative and dramatic use of color.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

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Hammer51012  Pro User  says:

I really like this one... I have got to try your method and see if I can do it.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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csharrocks says:

Great photo. Hope you don't mind but I've copied the photo and used it on my science website for a blog post I'm doing on science photography. I've stated the copyright of the image belongs to you and have linked it to this page. Any problems, please get in touch and I'll remove the image from the website. Thanks
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