HONG KONG: Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute have allowed us to see what thunder looks like for the first time ever. The feat was achieved by launching a small rocket with a trailing grounded copper wire attached to it into thunder clouds, basically providing a conductive channel and a predictable path for a lightning strike. The launch was conducted at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing at the University of Florida. The Scientific American reports that lightning forms when electrical charges separate and build up between the clouds and the ground, or inside the clouds themselves. Thunder is the sound that is created when the resulting lightning strike suddenly heats the air.
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