Whilst microwave plasmas are nothing new around here, we were curious to see what happens at 20x the power, and since YouTuber [Styropyro] had put out a new video, we couldn’t resist seeing ...

The videos from [styropyro] are always amusing and informative. However, ironically for him, he is alarmed that many green laser pointers are more powerful than they are supposed to be.

“This laser is several times over the limit at which a direct hit to the eyes would blind you instantly and forever,” Styropyro says early on, “so that’s why I wear these safety goggles.