The Earth's Furies - Lightning
Air, Atmosphere, Weather and Pollution • 51m
With new scientific knowledge, we know how electrical charges inside clouds are created, and new technology can monitor lightning moving through the sky. However, it can hit anything, anywhere, at any time…and it cannot be stopped. Nowhere is unaffected by this devastating and frightening natural phenomenon.
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