- Location
- Bremerton, Washington
- Occupation
- Master Electrician
Last week there as a PBS Nova broadcast with a segment on lighting.
The experts are not sure what starts lighting discharges. The lastest theory is cosmic rays. They can't explaing lighting with the cloud to cloud theory. The show also included an interview with at the Flordia lightning reseach center where they shoot rockets into the sky with wires to attrach lightning.
Heres a link to watch the 9 min segment.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/02.html
The experts are not sure what starts lighting discharges. The lastest theory is cosmic rays. They can't explaing lighting with the cloud to cloud theory. The show also included an interview with at the Flordia lightning reseach center where they shoot rockets into the sky with wires to attrach lightning.
Heres a link to watch the 9 min segment.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/02.html