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"Upside Down" Lightning as Strong as Earth-bound Bolts
nationalgeographic. ^
| August 23, 2009
| Matt Kaplan
Posted on 08/27/2009 10:55:52 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Lightning that shoots upward from clouds can be as powerful as the strongest bolts that strike the ground, according to researchers who caught the strange phenomenon on film. (Watch the video, slowed down to show how the lightning bolt moves.)
TOPICS: Outdoors; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: lightning
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To: JoeProBono
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Daffynition; JoeProBono; Admin Moderator
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ATZ, I guess.
Admin: Are they "stealing your thunder", heh heh heh ??
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grey_whiskers
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