Laser projector Art and special effects

I projected the Argon Laser beam off a DVD blank disk. The power levels of a class 4 Argon Ion Laser running at 2 watts is more than enough to permanently blind you. Actually 5 thousanths of a watt is enough to damage your retina If you had your eye focussed directly on the Laser beam for about 5 seconds. The DVD was actually having a meldown and I took some very interesting still shots.
What do you think of this one ?

I used a software twist on this Argon Laser Image to create a nice effect.
What do you think of this Laser art Image ?

For all you fans of J. R. Tolkien
My version of the "Eye of Sauron"

How do you like it ?

Picture of Melles Griot Diode Pumped Solid State Laser I tried adding to my home built Laser Projector. I discovered that I was losing 10 % of the laser power through the mirrors of the Chinese cloned galvanometers I had planned on using. Blue photons are too expensive to waste so I changed to better quality galvanometers and eventually changed my blue laser due to blanking speed problems.
The Laser head is sitting on top of the power supply. For some reason the Image rotated by 90 degrees during the upload process. Just turn your head sideways to view.
Looks like a train locomotive doesn't it ?

Another monster Argon Laser toy I used to own and do Laser shows with. Water cooled, ran on 220 VAC at 30 amps. Power hungry but fun to light up clouds with the right weather conditions.
Geez, picture got rotated by 90 degrees during the upload. More neck exercise.

This is a very nice full color white light laser I used to do shows with . Note the black module mounted in front. This is a PolyChromatic Acousto Optic Modulator or better known as a PCAOM for short. The PCAOM allows you to select any color you want from the white light laser. Under computer control I could generate Images and color changes with a color palette of 16 million combinations.

Here's where the Stained Glass comes into play. I created this Lumia Wheel out of textured Stained Glass. I mount it on a slow moving motor and project the laser light through it to create absolutly beautiful moving visual effects. Some remind me of Images from the Hubble Space telescope or something out of Star Trek. Fantastic stuff.

This laser requires 3 phase power 208 to 220 VAC at 50 to 60 HZ. I built a phase converter using a 7.5 HP 3 phase motor so I could use my house 220 VAC power to generate 3 phase power to fire this baby up. I couldn't run it at full power because the phase converter wasn't big enough. If I had a 10 or 12 HP 3 phase motor it would probably have been enough to crank up the laser to 4 watts.

Almost bought this baby but didn't have the power to test it let alone move the sucker.
The Laser head is sitting on top of the power supply and integral cooling system.

Here's a shot of an Argon Laser from a Lexel 88 Laser I used to own. Now in Malta doing Laser shows. As you can see the beam looks solid even from the side view which is about 75 feet away.

What do you think of this Laser artwork ?

You've heard of black holes in space. Here's a green one.
What do you think of it ?

Please give me our opinion. Do you consider this Art ?

I call this one Cyclops. What do you think ?

This is a raster scanned Laser Image I photographed with a digital camera. It's untouched . I think it looks kinda ghostly.
What do you think ?

This is the same Image as above put with some specials effects applied to the digital Image . Now this one looks even creepier !
What do you think ?

What do you think of this untouched photo of a Lumia Wheel effect ?

This reminds me of a gaseous cloud in the milky way where stars are born from coalecing dust of past dead star matter.