Re: [Paddlewise] lightening strikes - fulgurites

From: Jochen Grikschat <grikschat_at_web.de>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:34:14 +0100
>   Lightning often hits beaches, and the intense heat often produces melted
sand (i.e. glass) tubes called fulgurites.

Once I saw a TV-docu about a group of scientists in the southwest US (??),
in an area where much lightning takes place. hey got prepared sand banks and
all around lightning rods and study the structure of these fulgurites.
Lightning scientifics.
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