NEON

Noble gas sculpture

Illuminates

messaging.

Orange haloes

beckon.

I was looking through Phoebe's

pictures of Las Vegas neon and

started thinking about what a

unique art form neon signage

represents. Neon is known as

a noble gas (odorless, colorless,

not highly reactive) whose name

comes from Greek, meaning "new

one". Its chemical element symbol

is "Ne" and it glows a reddish-

orange when used in discharge

tubes. Neon discharge tubes used

for advertising signs were first

introduced in the U.S. in 1923 and

were revolutionary in their appeal

and draw. While the look of "neon"

draws in a wide array of colors (i.e.

the entire Las Vegas strip) which

come from other noble gases or

fluorescent lights, true neon gives

off its telltale bright orange-red hue.

I included a picture of Phoebe's from

"The strip". Hope you don't mind

sweetie.