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08-29-2009, 11:47 AM
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"UpWards Lightning" Photographed
Scientists have photographed "upwards lightning," a rarely-seen phenomenon where electricity from storms flows into the upper atmosphere. During last year's Tropical Storm Cristobal, lightning reached more than 60km (40 miles) up. Also known as "gigantic jets," these events are just as powerful as cloud-to-ground lightning bolts. The U.S. team of researchers also took radio measurements of the electrical charge. The phenomenon was photographed from a field site near Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Their work, published in Nature Geoscience, gives scientists a better understanding of this form of lightning. Gigantic jets do not occur during every storm and scientists do not yet know what types of storm are conducive to their formation.   |
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08-29-2009, 10:32 PM
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Re: "UpWards Lightning" Photographed
Uuummm wheres the pics????  |
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08-30-2009, 03:08 AM
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Re: "UpWards Lightning" Photographed
Was wondering about where the pics are myself......
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08-30-2009, 11:03 AM
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Re: "UpWards Lightning" Photographed
i can almost picture it in my mind
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08-30-2009, 11:04 AM
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Re: "UpWards Lightning" Photographed
 ^ Pink, they're eating you alive, girl! |
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08-30-2009, 07:45 PM
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Re: "UpWards Lightning" Photographed
Man that would be cool to see first hand.  |
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08-30-2009, 09:28 PM
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Re: "UpWards Lightning" Photographed
Looks like a hand... a skeletal hand at that |
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08-31-2009, 11:25 PM
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Re: "UpWards Lightning" Photographed
news article on gigantic jets
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08-31-2009, 11:49 PM
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Re: "UpWards Lightning" Photographed
That's really cool.
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