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Anonymous writes: There was a great topic covered on last night's episode of ABC's NightLine. They discussed lightning and how a group of researchers at the University of Florida have been able to develop rockets that "pull down" lightning and allow them to gather data to help find out more about it. They can capture lightning bolts with relative ease and film the bolts with high-speed cameras, revealing that what appeared as a single flash to the naked eye was often times three or four bolts in extremely rapid succession.
While the article doesn't go into the detail that was covered on TV, you do get a video clip and nice overview.
The one thing that truely amazed me was the fact that the lightning we see under the clouds PALES in comparison to what actually goes on ABOVE them. Scientists have taken planes above the clouds and filmed extraordinary activity, where plumes of jellyfish shaped electric charges dance about the sky from 10 to 50(!) miles above the Earth's surface.
The article, entitled "Crash! Boom! Bang!" is available HERE.
And photos and additional details are available at the University of Florida's Lightning Research Lab web site.
Anonymous writes: There was a great topic covered on last night's episode of ABC's NightLine. They discussed lightning and how a group of researchers at the University of Florida have been able to develop rockets that "pull down" lightning and allow them to gather data to help find out more about it. They can capture lightning bolts with relative ease and film the bolts with high-speed cameras, revealing that what appeared as a single flash to the naked eye was often times three or four bolts in extremely rapid succession.
While the article doesn't go into the detail that was covered on TV, you do get a video clip and nice overview.
The one thing that truely amazed me was the fact that the lightning we see under the clouds PALES in comparison to what actually goes on ABOVE them. Scientists have taken planes above the clouds and filmed extraordinary activity, where plumes of jellyfish shaped electric charges dance about the sky from 10 to 50(!) miles above the Earth's surface.
The article, entitled "Crash! Boom! Bang!" is available HERE.
And photos and additional details are available at the University of Florida's Lightning Research Lab web site.
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