Lightning Research

Mike writes: "There was a great topic covered on tonight's episode of ABC's NightLine. They discussed lightning and how a group of researchers at the University of Florida have been able to develop rockets that "pull down" lightning and allow them to gather data to help find out more about it. They can capture lightning bolts with relative ease and film the bolts with high-speed cameras, revealing that what appeared as a single flash to the naked eye was often times three or four bolts in extremely rapid succession. While the article doesn't go into the detail that was covered on TV, you do get a video clip and nice overview. And photos and additional details are available at the University of Florida's Lightning Research Lab web site."

Comments

Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 54

[Ghoser777]

Why the hell does someone always post this stupid lie everytime a slashdot story is posted? I thought someone was serious the first time.

F-bacher

Re:Recycled story on ABC's part

[khog]

Yeah, this is definitely old. I saw the same guys (though I didn't get to see them "high-five" each other so enthusiastically multiple times) on TLC or Discovery. ABC's never really broken scientific news, so what do you expect?

What really surprises me is that I actually happened to see this -- I never watch TV!

Another thing I like about Slashdot.

[Futurepower(tm)]

That's another thing I like about Slashdot. Everyone is so kind!