Windshield wiper failure 2 - How many drops to start a fire?

In Brazil, years ago on a especially rainy Friday, I traveled to fetch my wife that was in a city about 250 miles away, at a Conference. ... more

by Mario Paiva

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Windshield wiper failure 2 - How many drops to start a fire?

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Mario Paiva

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Photograph - Photo

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In Brazil, years ago on a especially rainy Friday, I traveled to fetch my wife that was in a city about 250 miles away, at a Conference.
Due to rain and the works on a stretch of highway the traffic was very slow and sometimes stopped for long minutes. In one of these stops I turned off the windscreen wiper and started to observe the effects of water droplets on the rear lights of cars ahead of me. Then I started to shoot and this is one of the results...

The camera was a reliable 3.2 Mp Sony DSC-P1 with which I did more than 25000 photos.

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September 16th, 2012