" he continued. "When the lightning strike hits the ground, it isn’t just magically absorbed. In fact, when it hits, it’s a lot like spilling a glass of water on the ground. It will hit and then spread out in a circular area. So, you ge...
A lightning strike usually hits an extremity of an airplane, like its wingtip or its nose, travels through the body of the plane, and then exits through another extremity. Since lightning carries a lot of charge and is incredibly hot, many people assume that a plane would be instan...
If it hits a tree, the blast instantly boils the sap(树液)so strongly that the tree explodes. Lightning has sometimes made huge holes in the ground and cut huge rocks into two.Although one hundred lightning bolts shake the earth every second—that's 8 million a day—no one has found a...
If you're wearing any sort of jewelry at the time lightning hits, it's likely to become physically attached to you. Lightning is insanely hot, hot enough to vaporize moisture on your body in an instant. So, with that in mind, what do you think happens to any metal you'r...
If you're wearing any sort of jewelry at the time lightning hits, it's likely to become physically attached to you. Lightning is insanely hot, hot enough to vaporize moisture on your body in an instant. So, with that in mind, what do you think happens to any metal you'r...
YON-KYO Feel free to pester her if you need anything in this house. She’s the expert. She knows it better than I do. They continue exchanging pleasantries when -- THUNK. A PLASTIC ARROW flies in and hits Mun-Kwang’s shoulder. When Ki-Woo looks over -- It’s a boy in a...
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When light hits a prism at certain angles, the light will refract (bend), causing it to be separated into its individual frequencies. This effect occurs because of the shape of the prism and the angle of the light. If you look closely at what happens as the light wave enters the prism...
Light from the moon can create a rainbow at night if there is enough moisture in the air. Moonbows are seen more often in the tropics, like Hawaii, than at higher altitudes,wrote WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling. If the water droplets are small—like in a mist—it will create a white or...