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Large Storms On Earth Are Particle Accelerators
MondoMor writes "Apparently, the atmosphere above Earth's strongest storms acts like a particle accelerator, according to a UC Santa Cruz paper. TGFs (Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes) may occur as seldom as 50 times a day, 'but the rate could be up to 100 times higher if, as some models indicate, TGFs are emitted as narrowly focused beams that would only be detected when the satellite is directly in their path.' I'm glad the gamma-ray bursts are directed into space."
I am made out of subatomic particles.
Hamsters are at least as feathery as penguins. HamLix
Santa Cruz in the news... just to mention, while you travel near that place in California, visit Mystery Spot, a place that will alter your sense of gravity, a tourist attraction, it has been the place where gravitation forces seem to act wired, something very like the city of S.C. itself. In a few words, if you take your friend with you and he/she is taller then you, in Mystery Spot those roles will be reversed, guaranteed, no bull.
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