Electrifying!

[martin-w 3,382]

 

There's a naughty word in the last clip, just to mention.

[stans 746]

Lightning is dangerous, when it strikes, a tremendous amount of heat is transferred to the struck object.  That heat is sufficient to turn liquid water into water vapor in a fraction of a second. 

[martin-w 3,382]

And some astonishing structures in sand.

 

 

 

 

 

[Mike A 370]

The way those guys were yelling in the last clip, I re-ran it several times to check if they were actually on the tree when it was struck 😂

[martin-w 3,382]

We humans think we are so awesome, so powerful... but we cant match the power of nature. 

[stans 746]

1 hour ago, martin-w said:

We humans think we are so awesome, so powerful... but we cant match the power of nature. 

Nor can we control the power of nature.

[martin-w 3,382]

1 hour ago, stans said:

Nor can we control the power of nature.

 

Until one day when we get to Kardashev Type 3, perhaps. 🙂

[birdguy 4,015]

Acouple of years ago lightning struck the big pecan tree in our back yard.  It left a scar down the tree and shot the bark through a window in our sun room.  The room was full of shredded bark and glass.  We were watching TV that evening and it sounded like an explosion.  It told Betty that one was close.  Didn't realize how close until the following morning when I went outside.

Noel

[Fielder 4,008]

Donner bring it on...

 

 

[Fielder 4,008]

Eleven seconds of nonsense...

 

[martin-w 3,382]

 

[martin-w 3,382]

What's fascinating is that from the cloud emerges a "stepped leader" it snakes down from the cloud but doesn't contact the ground.

Then, up from the ground, come "positive streamers".  When the stepped leader and positive streamer meet, that's when the charge drains to Earth.