Liquid bonsai

Chemilumiencence from luminol in a solution of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The tree is the light trace from one drop of a solution with ferrocyanide (Fe(CN)6) that acts as a catalyst for the chemoluminescence process.

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