easily one of my favorite signs in the Twin Cities

📱| Minnesota State Fair (2025) #BlueSkyArtShow #Soft

Yurakucho, Tokyo. The sign promises. The pipes don't. #documentaryphotography #tokyo #japan #streetphotography #nightphotography #leicam

By the time the concert in Kenosha was over last night, it was super foggy and the neon sign was crazily lighting everything red. Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode.... "KENNY!!!!!"

They work they do is mysterious and important.

What am I going to do with 8lbs of uranium glass tubes? I have no idea. That's a problem for future me.

I don’t know enough of the basics here, but I think it’s probably “thermal broadening”, where the silicon dioxide molecules, when hot, now block a broader range of the normal room-temperature bandwidth. It still looks transparent to us since we can’t see in the affected wavelengths.

📱 | St. Paul, Minnesota (2026) The Doctor is in and the prognosis is full steam ahead. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNonsense

Weird discovery about uranium glass today - when you heat it, it looses it's ability to fluoresce. The dark spot in the tube was held in a flame for just a second. After the tube cools, the bent portion glows the same as the unbent glass. Does not adhere to soda-lime glass. Does to boro.

chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent #Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC, #Nikon #D5500 #nightphotography #citylights #businessnights #neon #theatre #Kelowna #BC #Canada

Human Nature/Life Death https://www.artic.edu/artworks/147513/

I love this photo. One of my best, so far, I think.

Love this thread. Thanks @highway62.bsky.social

We have some exciting news: NEON DEUTSCHLAND, the book, is coming soon. Published by Prestel Verlag, the book contains over 350 images of neon signs from some 45 cities throughout Germany. It is available for pre-order now, and should be in bookshops by mid-April. www.penguin.de/buecher/jess...

Downtown signage

Neon of Everett (Snohomish Co.), WA, Part 7 of many. Fuji X-T5. Everett Motel, which included a smoke shop, closed in 2012 and was demolished in 2015. The site is now a vacant lot, and only this broken neon sign remains. #neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa

#GreenSat #neon #streetphotography Neon signs are my weakness!

Neon of Everett, WA, Part 5 of many. Fuji X-T5. Totem Family Dining, since 1953. The sign, painted to resemble a carved totem pole, alternately lights the two "TOTEM" words; these are composite photos to show both lit together. The message below changes often. #neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa

A friend is on vacation in Austin, TX and sent me this. I'm gonna need one of those neon signs for sure.

The Heart, Route 66 (2026.02.15 | Kingman, AZ | Leica SL2 & Voigtlander 50mm f/1.0 Nokton) #route66 #kingmanaz #photography #neon #neonsign #roadsign #roadside #roadtrip #americanwest #leica #voigtlander

It’s a little on the thin side - but let me see if I can attach electrodes to this uranium glass tube. (I only have soda lime electrodes - may need to order some borosilicate ones.)

Photo thread from LA. I'll try to keep it all in one place. If I miss an alt text, please don't yell. I'm tired.

Hadn't really said much here but long story very short: got surprise laid off a couple weeks ago, but took a job in another position in the company and have to move. So, saying goodbye for now to VA soon. Took some pictures of favorite local signs today as a little farewell.

I'm kinda digging all of the Aperture Science rebranding that is going on. It's not about why. It's about Why Not?!

Neon Museum, Las Vegas, NV

Two signs from @sfneon.bsky.social’s Mission tour last week: 20 Spot and Cherin’s Auto.

Seriously Though #photography #leica #denver

Real Neon Shops use Stazon Blockout paint to block out light from tubes. www.brillite.com/products/pai... I’m cheap. I like Rustoleum latex paint. And egg cartons.

Mental Loop. This "neon" tube is actually filled with krypton gas. This one was tricky to bend, as I wanted the tube to line up right above the circular shapes of the doily. My favorite part of this piece is the side eye expression of the doll.

50% re-sharing for the Badger Liquor sign 50% because it's Madison

Eye placement and blockout paint aside - I’m excited with how this is turning out. Next up: measure and laser cut acrylic backing

#omsystem #photographersofbluesky #neon #neonsign #photography #m43 #yqr #sask #regina

Ok, just got notice from the shop that the units were successfully pumped. I’m excited to see them glow.

Spotted this fantastic GDR-era neon sign today. It's from the now defunct VEB Orbitaplast - which specialized in producing semi-finished plastic products.

City of Tulsa rewriting rules for its Route 66 neon sign grant program The City of Tulsa is amending rules for its Route 66 neon sign grant program after several were fabricated and installed without neon tubing. According to News on 6 in Tulsa, those without neon were The Capital of Route 66, Big…

Mike's Chili Parlor, as seen in #SeattleNeon, available from Amazon and WSU Press bit.ly/3YXPQDH. #neon #seattle #neonphotography #neonsigns #PNW #photography #Seattlesigns #neonlove #Seattleneonsigns #Seattlehistory

📷 Pentax Spotmatic 🎞️ CineStill 800T #believeinfilm

Rialto Neon Sign, South Pasadena Preservation Foundation, South Pasadena, California welchwrite.com/blog/2026/03... #neon #vintage #retro #americana #photography #theater #cinema #rialto #redneon #nightphotography #midcentury #nostalgia #moviepalace #urbanart #lighting #classicstyle

Also, indisputably worth it ust for the sign:

I'm a sucker for neon. The Jordan Motel, Jamestown, Tennessee. #photography

My idea of happiness is a dark night and a neon sign.

A print of this fantastic iconic neon sign will be shipping to a buyer in Broward, FL! Thank you for supporting small business artists! May you enjoy your purchase for many years to come. chrystyne-novack.pixels.com/featured/tro... #Thankyou #AYearforArt #Buyintoart #Neon #Florida

One of my favorite haunts in northern MN. #RedWed #Photography

Do I need it? No Do I want it? 😉

“‘There’s no one to blame,’ said Kelsey McClellan, a local sign-maker who is looking to start a nonprofit for preserving the city’s classic neon signs. ‘We need to figure out how the goal of preservation becomes more important than profiting.’” blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/04/a...

Joseph Kosuth, "P.G. # 9 (I see what I see)", 1991; cobalt blue neon, glass tubing, transformer #JosephKosuth #ConceptualArt #ContemporaryArt #neon #NewYorkCity #RUHLNYC ruhl.nyc

When you no longer offer free delivery but don't want to pay for a new neon sign.

Who else needs a drink?