Scientist burns saltwater!!!!!

That is for an oxyhydrogen flame being dimly visible in broad daylight on a sunny day. In same lighting conditions, a methanol fire is only visible via "heat ripples" - a methanol-fueled race car can crash and be engulfed by invisible flames!

Methanol flames are easily visible (though dim and blue) under ordinary bright classroom and laboratory lighting, which is almost 2 orders of magnitude dimmer than "direct sunlight". I have found the same to be true of blue-glowing air-hydrogen flames.

- Don Klipstein ( snipped-for-privacy@misty.com)