Lightning can strike at any time. This mighty force of nature can make you feel small...and actually make you small, too. In this state, you'll be quite weak and easily launched, so just try to stay out of everyone's way until you go back to normal. THEN you can get your own ...
Takaki’s students tried to simulate shock waves using sound from a speaker. However, from preliminary experiments, Takaki does not think the sound is loud enough to emulate the intense pressure waves generated by a lightning strike.
The opposite charges would be shorted out. An enormous electric current would exist for a moment. This is what happens during a lightning strike, or during the tinyest spark. Long filaments of air-plasma within the clouds extend and explore downwards towards the ground and upwards into the ch...
California is burning and smoke has covered the northern half of the state and is spreading across the U.S. Most of the fires were started by a huge “lightning siege” that started on August 15th. How unusual was this massive lightning event? That question will be answered below. Smoke ...