Hydrogen Beautiful Hydrogen...

A thin glass tube with a vacuum inside plus a tiny amount of hydrogen added, with high voltage applied to it . The beautiful electric pink glow is from the hydrogen being ionized by the electricity.The color of the glow is exactly the same as the color of the flamelike solar prominences visible during a total eclipse. Those are also ionized hydrogen...

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