Powerful force of nature.
Lightning is one of the most beautiful, majestic and at the same time, dangerous natural phenomena.
A year lightning strikes more than 1.3 billion times, and they killed about 100 people.
The storm in Haiti, Port-AU-Prince. (Photo Hector Retamal):
The current in the lightning discharge reaches 10-20 thousand amps.
Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo By Mike Hutchings | Reuters):
The average zipper length 2.5 km, some level stretches in the atmosphere to a distance of 20 km.
Lightning in the ocean, Florida. (Photo By Chris Kridler):
From a lightning strike, the person loses consciousness, falls down, and often stop breathing and heartbeat. On the body you can usually detect the “current tag”, designated entry and exit of electricity.
Lightning in Texas. (Photo By Drew Angerer):
The probability of being struck by lightning the ground of the object increases as you increase its height. (Photo By Jacci Ingham):
The temperature of channel with the main discharge can exceed 25 000 °C. (Photo by Jacci Ingham):
(Photo By Willoughby Owen):
(Photo By Jacci Ingham):
Zipper in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo By Chris McGrath):
Lightning in Australia. (Photo By Willoughby Owen):
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