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rinselberg
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MAR 29, 12:21 AM
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| quote | | Brazilian researchers captured on camera the brief moment when lightning rods on buildings released an upward discharge to attract incoming lightning. |
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"One of the Luckiest Lightning Strikes Ever Recorded"
Nicholas Bakalar for the New York Times; March 28, 2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/202...tning-rod-video.html
In the spirit of Hermes, the classical Greek god of commerce, this forum post pays hommage (homage) to "Lucky Strike" cigarettes, a famous "smoke" in the history of cigarettes, which is still being sold today.
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Viva la revolución del 15 de agosto[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 03-29-2023).]
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Valkrie9
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MAR 29, 03:23 AM
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cvxjet
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MAR 30, 12:08 PM
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I found a picture online years ago of an eruption in south America with a lot of lightning....The pic is "Apocalyptic"...
I imagine waking in the middle of the night to some sounds (Rumbles of volcanic origin and thunder) and opening the drapes....."Oh- it's the end of the world...ummmm...Aiyeeeeeee!"[This message has been edited by cvxjet (edited 03-30-2023).]
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Valkrie9
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APR 07, 11:09 AM
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How should mankind harness the free energy phenomenon such as that ?
Would we manipulate nature to generate electrical energy in a useful form ?
Imagining a gigantic horizontal turbine disk, whirling away in the tornado's vortice, converting to angular momentum.
Science fiction to the naysayers, ' That's impossible ! '
' My name is Don Quixote, I charge at windmills ! '
The Lightning People
Zap !
Ka-Boom !
How BenFranklin didn't get zapped is an amazing probability.
' Whatta you mean the keys glowed ? '
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MidEngineManiac
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APR 07, 12:49 PM
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Jake_Dragon
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APR 07, 01:07 PM
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Saw what? Tall buildings?
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rinselberg
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APR 07, 01:33 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:
Saw what? Tall buildings? |
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Ben Franklin could not have seen the brief upward discharge from the lighting rod that attracts the storm lightning. But you can see it in the photograph. It all happens within a millisecond. The Brazilian researchers were able to photograph this attractor discharge with high speed cameras.
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Valkrie9
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APR 07, 05:35 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by cvxjet:
I found a picture online years ago of an eruption in south America with a lot of lightning....The pic is "Apocalyptic"...
I imagine waking in the middle of the night to some sounds (Rumbles of volcanic origin and thunder) and opening the drapes....."Oh- it's the end of the world...ummmm...Aiyeeeeeee!"
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A family member did just that, heard the really loud boom, went to the door, and there it was, a volcano erupting !
Fuego
That lightning and ash photo looks to me like some fantastic science fiction monster come alive, and no doubt that is what ancient indigenous cultures believed, so then, their pagan deities were all giants.
Obsidian
Villarrica National Park
More photos...
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maryjane
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APR 10, 11:10 AM
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maryjane
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APR 10, 06:25 PM
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Does this mean there is such a thing as a non-violent EF4 tornado?....
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