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What causes lightning? The answer keeps getting more interesting quantamagazine.org

nomilk2 hours ago

That 7 second video of a small rocket shot into a cloud to induce a lightning strike (about half way down the article) is incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BJIiX9_c_M

Any ideas why the lightning strike appears mostly green (and momentarily purple and orange)?

deepandmeaning2 hours ago

I'm imagining it's something related to the copper wire.

teh_infallible42 minutes ago

I always wanted to replicate this with a helium balloon and a long, wet string coated with copper filings.

metalmanan hour ago

just in case you missed it, all matter carrys a charge, and all space(and matter) has energy radiating through it, making the universe an energy gradient.

sometimes you can see it happening.

cinderelacinder2 hours ago

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