Brazilian researchers captured the moment when lightning rods on buildings released an upward discharge to attract incoming lightning.
The scientists were in the right place, at the right time, and with the right equipment to capture 31 of these upward discharges as they happened. With their location, about 150 yards away from the lightning strikes, and their camera, a device that records 40,000 images a second, they were able to take clear photographs and a slow-motion video of what happens in that instant before the charge from the rod meets the charge from the lightning bolt.
Trollingdownvoting • 3 mo. ago
Ow that fooled me on where the lightning would strike
Reply reply mr-gaylord666 • 3 mo. ago
That's literally fucking insane! That's so cool
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