Cryogenics

The image I chose to expound upon is a picture of a liquid nitrogen container.

Source: Cryogenic Container

I like this image because it gives a sense of mystery.  People have seen liquid nitrogen in movies and are familiar with dry ice, but it's still strange.  How can something like nitrogen, which is usually an invisible gas, be a liquid and why is it bubbling and giving off steam or smoke?

Liquid nitrogen is around -270 degrees Farenheit, so when it is exposed to air, it boils and gives off a kind of smoke.  Usually when we think of boiling, we think of something hot, but this is far from hot.  It's so cold that it will freeze anything it comes in contact with.  However, much like boiling water that gives off steam, boiling nitrogen gives off a visible vapor.

The wispy smoke gives you a nice sense of flow but the blue tint and white/silver container make you instantly think of coldness.  You know it's cold without even having to be there.

I'd like this picture because it is the second one I show and gives people a sense of who I am.  Like people's misconceptions of liquid nitrogen (whatever it touches, it turns brittle; it's explosive; etc) maybe people's ideas about me are wrong.  I'm pretty funny, but you'd never get that from me right away.  My cold exterior belies my warm, funny personality that I display in private.  I think this picture is good for what follows when I describe where my career went from there.

Dustan S