NEW YORK: The Earth cops 4 million lightning strikes a day but understanding their energy and the impact of the accompanying thunder has challenged scientists and meteorologists for centuries.
In an experiment mimicking elements of Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite flying in a thunderstorm in June, 1752, US scientists have triggered a lightning strike by launching a rocket trailing grounded copper wire into a storm cloud over a military base in Florida.
“Thunder and lightning are fascinating, wild, and unpredictable,” said Mayer Dayeh, a research scientist at Texas-based Southwest Research Institute, which led the study.
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