Hi Zachtheterrible,
"i think that the sparks are corona, and in the vacuum, the sparks can go farther, since the transformer in there I think is only like 15kv or something."
Woops, I quoted you :lol: Ya, those sparks come from the corna, and I think they use argon or heluim inside the sphere to give it the long, colored spark.
So you think it's the spark that doing it? The spark is jumping to the glass then repelling the electrons through the coil on the other side. Like a capacitor's plates.
Thanks,
D.J.