Brazilian researchers captured on camera the brief moment when lightning rods on buildings released an upward discharge to attract incoming lightning. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share.
Give this article Video Researchers in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, were able to capture upward discharges of lightning from a distance of about 150 yards with a device that records 40,000 images a second.
Credit Marcelo Saba and Diego Rhamon By March 28, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET Benjamin Franklin invented lightning rods in the 18th century, and the devices have been protecting buildings and people from the destructive forces of lightning ever since. But the details of how lightning rods function are still the subject of scientific research.
Although modern lightning protection systems involve extra equipment that makes them more efficient, the lightning rod itself is quite simple: a copper or aluminum rod set above the highest point of a building, with wires connected to the ground.
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