He wanted his name in glowing plasma explosions, made by sending thousands of volts through a very thin wire. This project is an experiment in capturing high speed images of exploding wires.

A live power line fell across US-131 in Grand Rapids Thursday morning, closing both directions of the highway for a time.

If the power pole failed, it would drop live wires across all lanes of I-780 in both directions, the post said. Vallejo authorities said they were coordinating with CHP close all lanes of the freeway.