Hello:
I am curreently collaborating in some research regarding a Native
American Sacred Site in Arizona. While this is more of a
Geological/Archeological study, recently we have felt the need to
obtain some meteorological expertise and input. This site has a
significant number of petroglyphs depicting lightning in a variety of
forms. In fact, it seems to be the focus of the site symbology.
After a time, we did notice and verify through lightning strike maps
that there does seeem to be an abnormally high degree of electrical
activity at the site. As a result, we decided to document some of this
activity and the footage seems a little strange to us. We have
documented a good amount of positive lightning coming from the mountain
where the ruins reside. Additionally, there seems to be some activity
that we are not familiar with. This is best described as some type of
electrical stimulus-response activity that originates from the
mountain. We have repeatedly documented low intensity ground discharges
that seem to generate air to ground lightning to the specific spot on
the mountain. Also, the lightning recorded above the site seems to
exhibit some interesting characteristics best described as discharges
with almost perfect mirror symmetry. I have included links to examples
below.

http://www.worldblend.net/worldblend...nganalysis.wmv


http://www.worldblend.net/worldblend...ES/symlght.wmv

I would appreciate any comments regarding the nature of this activity
and what may be taking place here.

Regards,

WB

Worldblend wrote:
Hello:
I am curreently collaborating in some research regarding a Native
American Sacred Site in Arizona. While this is more of a
Geological/Archeological study, recently we have felt the need to
obtain some meteorological expertise and input. This site has a
significant number of petroglyphs depicting lightning in a variety of
forms. In fact, it seems to be the focus of the site symbology.
After a time, we did notice and verify through lightning strike maps
that there does seeem to be an abnormally high degree of electrical
activity at the site. As a result, we decided to document some of this
activity and the footage seems a little strange to us. We have
documented a good amount of positive lightning coming from the mountain
where the ruins reside. Additionally, there seems to be some activity
that we are not familiar with. This is best described as some type of
electrical stimulus-response activity that originates from the
mountain. We have repeatedly documented low intensity ground discharges
that seem to generate air to ground lightning to the specific spot on
the mountain. Also, the lightning recorded above the site seems to
exhibit some interesting characteristics best described as discharges
with almost perfect mirror symmetry. I have included links to examples
below.

http://www.worldblend.net/worldblend...nganalysis.wmv



That's a nice clip. But I don't see anything in it that strikes me as
inherently unusual. I suspect if you were to capture video of
lightning at other mountainous locations, you'd see similar kinds of
things. Most lightning flashes involve a complex sequence of invisible
pilot leaders moving downward, brilliant return strokes moving upward,
and multiple recharge/flash cycles. This sequence is generally not
detectable by the naked eye, and even your video probably isn't
sensitive enough (or fast enough) to pick up some of the more subtle
exchanges.

I'm wondering whether the "spherical" points of light moving upward
might have been lens reflections trigged by a lightning flash outside
of the nominal field of view. Just a thought...

http://www.worldblend.net/worldblend...ES/symlght.wmv


didn't check this one yet, but will when I have more time.

I would appreciate any comments regarding the nature of this activity
and what may be taking place here.

Regards,

WB

http://www.worldblend.net/worldblend...ES/symlght.wmv


didn't check this one yet, but will when I have more time.


Okay, now I have. Looks to my eye like fairly ordinary in-cloud (or
cloud-to-cloud) lightning. I think the the "mirror symmetry" is
probably just a statistical fluke coupled with the brain's tendency to
want to impose order .. if you toss a few strands of spaghetti on the
floor, there's bound to be a few from time to time that exhibit some of
kind of "meaningful" shape to your eye. Just an opinion .. maybe I'm
overlooking the particular feature you're referring to. In any case, I
can't think of any physical reason why a lightning channel might prefer
mirror symmetry over any other kind of fractal path.