Interesting Photo of the Day: A Vortex of Light

Chris Matthew Brady’s images are filled with the kind of stuff that makes up a kid’s dream. Dinosaurs, lasers, fires and spinning stars in the sky—you couldn’t ask for more. This particular image by Brady, however, was about glow sticks and burning steel wool:

Light vortex

“A Controlled Spin” by Chris Matthew Brady (Via Reddit. Click image to see full size.)

Brady explains,

“This is me swinging a string of glow sticks with burning steel wool at the end.”

The best part, however, was not even captured in the image. A bunch of kids were at the beach when this image was made. Brady says,

“Their oohs and aahs made me think of fireworks shows when I was a kid.”

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