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"How Microwaving Grapes Makes Plasma" by Veritasium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I

how to make a hole in you microwave to film plasma https://youtu.be/8bXhsUs-ohw

The Microwave Plasma Mystery[0] by NileRed, he later made a followup video about how the experiement likely ruined the structural integrity of several glass beakers used in the video.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0u8Vtf2GoQ

I’ve been doing this since I was a kid. Was disappointed that the linked article wasn’t about it.

Also accidentally did it with sliced carrots a couple times.

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