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Cloud-to-Cloud Lightning
A thunderstorm with its accompanying light(ning) show is a sight to behold. But did you ever have time to check for the source or target of the lightning bolt – cloud, ground or sea? There are about 16 million lightning storms every year that not only differ in appearance but also where they originate and terminate. Not all lightning therefore even hits the ground. We’ve been struck be the following examples of spectacular cloud-to-cloud lightning…
Continue reading...Lightning Vs Landmarks
Sunday, December 20, 2009
It’s a no brainer really. Who’s going to bring home the bacon in a battle between the landmarks we humans have built over recent centuries and the electrical power of lightning, one of nature’s most powerful forces. Buildings and bridges may stand proud but can do nothing but take the thunderous shots the earth’s weather systems throw at them, conducting the bolts from the heavens as best they can – and confirming our sublime inadequacy, faced with nature’s might.
Continue reading...Rainbows Vs Storms
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Rainbows and powerful storms are the Yin and Yang of meteorological phenomena. Colourful yet ethereal, the former often appear as archways into other worlds. Storms come in various guises, but tornadoes and those that generate lightning can prove particularly devastating. Put storms and rainbows together and you get a battle of diametrically opposed forces, one active, aggressive, destructive, the other the reverse – and yet both in their own ways utterly spectacular.
Continue reading...The Real-Life Frankenstein
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
London, 1837. Electricity, that most wondrous of modern miracles, is still a poorly understood force at this time. It has yet to be used to light a bulb, but it has already been used to 'rejuvenate' the bodies of frogs and, according to some, humans. That prestigious organisation, the London Electrical Society, is about to receive word that the barrier between life and death has already been breached...
Continue reading...Lightning Vs Aeroplanes
Monday, June 15, 2009
Lightning striking any object is enough to send shivers down your spine, but when the object is an aeroplane, it's an event that can shake us to our very bones. Every time a plane plummets from the sky, we are reminded of how precarious flying is for us humans, and the force of lightning seems to highlight how much the heavens' odds seem stacked against us. Yet exactly what danger does it present to planes?
Continue reading...Volcanoes Vs. Lightning [Pics]
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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At Environmental Graffiti, we're a bit partial towards all things volcanic. Little surprise then, that the idea of volcanoes combined with another extreme and volatile natural phenomenon – lightning – really got us rubbing our hands together. Prepare for fire and brimstone clashes of epic proportions as two of Mother Earth's most powerful forces go head to head – and we marvel at the mystery of volcanic lightning.
Continue reading...Lightning Strike Zaps 52 Cows
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
They say lightning never strikes twice, but for cows it just seems to keep on striking, as yet another herd of cattle was zapped by one of nature’s most volatile forces. A single bolt of lightning killed 52 cows in San Jose, Uruguay last Wednesday during a night storm. The cows were trying to find protection by huddling against a fence, but the plan backfired.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
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