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Making Salt the Hard Way

Sodium + chlorine = your favorite popcorn condiment (and lots of smoke and fire!)

By Theodore Gray Posted 10.03.2006 at 2:00 am 1 Comment

See the video at the bottom of the page for a behind-the-scenes look at PopSci's fiery photo shoot. For excerpts from the shoot, click here

Creating a Salt Cloud

Cost: $500
Time: 2
Hours
Safe | | | | |
Crazy

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