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Subject: Kirlian photography
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Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 23:51:32 EDT
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From: "James J. Lippard" <Lippard@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA>

> >BTW, when was Kirlian photography discredited?  On what grounds? [Chris Jarocha-Ernst]

> Don't quote me.  My memory got me into trouble once already this
> article, but I think that I heard the effect had something to do
> with moisture or water vapor.  In any case, the effects should be
> easily reproducible and hence could studied in the laboratory and I
> think we would have heard if there really was anything to this sort
> of spirit photography. [Mark Leeper]

Images in Kirlian photography are caused entirely by variations in
temperature, humidity, and pressure and electrical isolation of the body
being photographed.  A brief example (with photograph) is given in the
first chapter of the book Flim-Flam! by James Randi.