Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/03/tonic-water-is-fluorescent.html
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Who hasn’t seen this with their Gin & Tonic at a nightclub before?
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So is collagen, between ~340 and 395 nm excitation wavelength. That’s why Gummi Bears and Jello glow under near UV light.
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I only noticed this last week when we put a blacklight-based fly zapper in the kitchen. Had been meaning to investigate WTF I was seeing.
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Something every gothling learns at an early age.
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Or taken a leak in a club bathroom after taking vitamin B?
Yes! Check the fluorescence of al the things!!!
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Tonic water and UV lighting was used to simulate the blue glow of Cherenkov radiation in the movie ‘K-19’ which is based on a real-life incident in which the Soviet Union’s first ballistic missile submarine suffered a catastrophic reactor leak.
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THIS is actually interesting !
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Anyone who has ever had a gin and tonic in a club already knows this.
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I keep scanning that headline as “Toxic water is fluourescent” and I’m all, like, “Yay, finally an easy way to tell.”
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… and then the G&T kicked in?
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Starch fluoresces under UV.
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Huh, I wasn’t aware that Mtn Dew /bottles/ fluoresce. Nor was I aware that Monster did. But now that I know Vitamin B will do the trick. Good stuff.
Used to put tonic in the mix for Jell-O shots to make them glow during the years when I could consume such things without my body revolting on me.
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