Ukukhanya kweGurdon
Ngokungafani nezinye iindawo ze-Arkansas, i-Gurdon ukukhanya kwimoya yinto ekhoyo kwaye ayikho into ebonwe ngaphambili. Kuye kwabonwa kumabonwakude, kufotwa ngabakhenkethi kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo yamkelwa njengokuba ikhona. Iingcamango ezingafihliweyo zaze zafika edolophini ukuba ziyibhalise ngo-1994. Imfihlakalo ayikho nokuba ikhona okanye ayikho. Imfihlelo yintoni kanye kanye ukukhanya.
Abantu basekuhlaleni bathetha umgca wokucacisa ukukhanya, kodwa iimfihlakalo ezingaphendulwanga zixelele ezahlukeneyo.
Umxholo oqhelekileyo kwiimbali zombini kukuba ukubonakala komoya ngumsebenzi wesitimela. Indawo iya kusetyenziswa yindlela yomzila, kwaye indlela yokukhanya ehamba ngayo yayikukhumbuza umqeshwa wesitimela ophethe ilanga.
Enye yeengcamango ichanekile ngokusemthethweni. Ngomnyaka we-1931, uWilliam McClain, umongameli wase-Missouri-Pacific, wabhunqa uLoubert McBride (okanye uLouie McBryde). UMcBride wambulala uMcClain. Iziganeko ezikhokelela ekubulaleni ziyi-sketchy. Eminye imithombo ithi impikiswano yayiyiyo yokuba uMcBride wonakalise icandelo lomzila kwaye wabangela ukuhluthwa. Abanye bathi uMcBride wayecela iiyure ezongezelelweyo kwaye uMcClain akayi kubapha. Inqaku elivela kwi-Southern Standard, iphepheni le-Arkadelphia, ngo-1932 uthi uMcBride utshele inkokheli ukuthi wabulala uMcClain ngenxa yokuba uMcClain wammangalela ngokuba yeso sizathu sokuba kukho ingozi yezitimela iintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambili. Ngoko, mhlawumbi oku kungumxholo weqiniso.
Ngandlela-thile, uMcClain wabethwa waze wabulawa nge-spike maul. UMcBride wabuya wagwetywa ngokufa ngo-electrocution waza wenziwa ngoJulayi 8, 1932 (ubhalwe kwiirekhodi zokuqhuba njenge-MCBRYDE, LOUIE). Ukukhanya kweGurdon kwakubhalwe okokuqala emva nje kokuba abulawe ngawo-1930.
Kucatshulwa ukuba ukukhanya nguMcClain, ukuhlakulela iingoma kunye nokuthwala ilanga elifanayo ayeza kuthwala umsebenzi.
Iingcamango zendawo ezizungezelayo zincinci ngokuchanekileyo ngokusesikweni, kodwa ngokulinganayo. Uthi umqeshwa wezitroli wayesebenza ngaphandle kwedolophu ngobusuku bobusuku. Waba ngengozi emgwaqweni wesitimela kwaye intloko yakhe yahlulwa emzimbeni wakhe. Abazange bafumane intloko yakhe. Abantu basekuhlaleni bathi ukukhanya empeleni kukukhanya ukusuka ekukhanyeni kwakhe njengoko ehamba ngeendlela zokufuna intloko yakhe elahlekileyo. Kwakuqhelekile ukuba abasebenzi abaloliwe okanye babulawe, ngoko kuya kwenzeka ukuba enye yachithwa.
Olu khanyiso alukwazi kubonwa ukusuka kumgwaqo omkhulu. Kufuneka uhambe kuyo. Ukunyuka kweekhilomitha ezimbini nehafu ukuya kwindawo ongayijonga ngayo ilanga elimangalisayo. Uza kudlula ngeendlela ezimbini ngaphambi kokubonakala. Le ndawo ibonakaliswe ngokunyaniseka kwimizila kunye nentaba ende. Ukukhanya kukukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okwezinye iindawo ezibonakala ngathi zibuhlungu. Ukukhanya kuhamba emva nangaphandle kwaye kuhamba ngokujikeleza. Ukukhanya kudla ngokubonwa ngobusuku obumnyama kwaye bubukeka buhle xa bufufayo kwaye bunqabileyo. Khangela ibalazwe le-Roadside America ngaphambi kokuba uhambe.
Iingcamango ezingagqitywanga azizange zifumanise ukuba yintoni ukukhanya, kwaye akukho nzululwazi oluye lwahlola indawo leyo, kodwa kukho iimbono ezimbalwa.
Enye into ekhokelayo yinto yokuba empeleni zibane izibane ezihamba phambili ezibonisa imithi. Abadumi beembali, ke, abavumelani. Bathi ukukhanya kubhaliwe ngaye kwaye kuthethwayo ukususela ngaphambi kokuba umgwaqo omkhulu ube khona. Iingcali zenzululwazi ziye zazama ukuchazela ukukhanya kwaye zagqitywa ukuba ayikwazi ukukhanya kwezibane.
Kwiminyaka ye-1980 i-Arkansas Gazette article, umfundi owayekade ephumelele kwi-Henderson State University wucinge ukukhanya waza wathi:
I-interitate esondeleyo kwiitrakthi zi malunga neekhilomitha ezine kude, kwaye igquma elikhulu limi phakathi kweendlela kunye naphakathi. Ukuba ukukhanya kubangelwa zibanezibane ezidlulayo, kuya kufuneka kuphazamiseke kwaye ngaphezu kweenduli kuvele kubonakala ngaphesheya.
Eli nqaku lathi uCcan uzame ukulinganisa ubude bexesha eliza kuthatha imoto ukuba iwele iqondo elingamaqondo angama-45 degree (i-angle ye-middle to tracks) ngeekhilomitha ezili-55 ngeyure. Ukuhamba ngeenyawo ezingama-80 ngomzuzwana, wachaza ukuba, 'izibane ziya kubonakala zide ngaphezu kweyesibini kuthatha ukuba ukukhanya kweGurdon kubonakale kwaye kwanyamalala. "UCcan naye wahamba ngokukhawuleza kwendlela ephakamileyo ukuva izandi zamaloli athile athile. Wayegxininisa ukuba izandi azizange zihambelane kunye nokubonakala kokukhanya.
UDkt. Charles Leming, uprofesa we-physics eHenderson State University, wayenamandla ekukhanyeni ngaphambi kokuba adlule. Yena kunye nabafundi bakhe babenombono omkhulu wokukhanya. Enye into ekhangayo kukuba xa ukukhanya kubonwa ngefayile, izibane azizange zenzeke. Naliphi na ukukhanya kwe-mirage kwakuya kubumba. Kwakhona abanakufumana i-current electromagnetic kwi-galvanometer, kwaye ukukhanya kubonakala ngokuqhubekayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuba iimeko zezulu.
Kukho nembono ebonisa ukuba uxinzelelo kwiinkristal ze-quartz phantsi kweGurdon kubangela ukuba bakhuphe umbane baze bavelise ukukhanya. Zibiza ngokuba yiyona mpawu yepezozoctric. Iingcamango kukuba i-New Madrid iphoso, eqhutyelwa kule ndawo, ibeka uxinzelelo olunzulu kwiikristali ize ibenyuke ndawonye ibangele ukuba bahlakulele isityholo baze baqhewule i-spark.
I-Gurdon, e-Arkansas ifumaneke malunga neekhilomitha ezili-75 ezantsi kwe-Little Rock kwi-Interstate 30 kwaye ihlala ngasempuma ye-Interstate kwi-Highway 67. Ukukhanya kungaphandle kweedolophu kunye kunye neendlela ezithatha izithuthi. Kuthatha iiyure ezimbalwa ukufikelela kwindawo. Unokucela izikhokelo kuGurdon. Buza nasiphi na isiteshi segesi. Wonke umntu kule dolophu encinci uyazi ukuba uthetha ntoni (bayabiza ngokuthi "ukukhanya kwebluffs"). Kukho ukukhanya okufanayo kunye nebali elifanayo kwiCrossett. I-Crossett ine-quartz eninzi.
Lo ndibonele ngokwenene. Kuyamangalisa kodwa andicinga ukuba kubonakala ngathi ilanga. Ukukhanya okucacileyo, ukukhanya okucacileyo ukuba uyakubona ukujikeleza. Umhlobo wam kwaye ndazama ukufikelela ngokukhawuleza ukuba ndibone oko bekuyiyo, kodwa oko akunakwenzeka, iyaqhubeka ishukunyuka kwaye emva kokuba ufike apho ikhona khona, ihambe. Le ndawo eyaziwayo yezingane kwiHalloween.