But really I was duplicating something I did when I was making
  an animatedgif for Wikipedia's Efimov state:
  [1]http://system-of-systems.com/efimov_scaling.gif
  [the "halo effect" - a certain configuration of three electrons
  I think it is... seem to do this magical thing:

  They seem to expand outwards at a PRECISE rate, forming
  outwardly expanding versions of itself ALMOST to the visual
  range. [nearly as large as a 'mote' - or speck of dust].

  It was only a theory for 40 years; one of those myths that
  physicists didn't want to believe in, mostly because it came
  from a Russian.

  But then, they found it. Once they did, they saw it over and
  over and over again. I found it pretty inspirational.

References

  Visible links
  1. http://system-of-systems.com/efimov_scaling.gif

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