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Monday, April 22, 2002

Where Lightning Strikes: New Maps From Orbiting Sensors Reveal Where On Earth The Powerful Bolts Will Most Likely Strike "According to Boccippio these global patterns probably aren't much influenced by human activity. Some people have suggested that buildings and metal communications towers increase the overall frequency of lightning strikes. But, "lightning that does make it to the ground is pretty much creating its own channels," Boccippio said. "The likelihood that we are changing the amount of cloud-to-ground strikes with construction of towers is very slim." He cautions, however, that this has not been verified experimentally." (NASA photos) [Science Daily] 7:47:39 PM    comment   trackback []