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May 23rd 04, 10:12 PM
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TV alert - Megalightning: Stranger than Fiction (Documentary) on Channel 5
Time - 21:00 - 22:00 (1 hour long)
When - Wednesday 26th May on five Uncovering a previously unknown phenomenon this film explores megalightning, a form of lightning which strikes from the clouds up into space. Thousands of times bigger and more powerful than ground lightning it has brought down airplanes and is being investigated as a possible contributory cause of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. -- Nick in Northallerton Also nickw7coc on both Yahoo Messenger & on MSN Messenger And http://www.whelan.me.uk |
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May 24th 04, 09:14 AM
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TV alert - Megalightning: Stranger than Fiction (Documentary) on Channel 5
Uncovering a previously unknown phenomenon this film explores megalightning, a
form of lightning which strikes from the clouds up into space. Thousands of times bigger and more powerful than ground lightning it has brought down airplanes and is being investigated as a possible contributory cause of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. LOL AFAIK the 'Sprite' phenomenon has not been implicated in aircraft accidents and has been completely ruled out of the Columbia accident (tho an Israeli astronaut investigating sprites was on board). First reports of upward lightning events above thunderstorms date from at least the late 19/early 20 cent See- http://www.fma-research.com/Papers&p...ions/100YR.htm http://www.fma-research.com/ -- regards, david (add 17 to waghorne to reply) |
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May 24th 04, 01:43 PM
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TV alert - Megalightning: Stranger than Fiction (Documentary) on Channel 5
On Mon, 24 May 2004 09:14:50 +0100, "Waghorn"
wrote: Uncovering a previously unknown phenomenon this film explores megalightning, a form of lightning which strikes from the clouds up into space. Thousands of times bigger and more powerful than ground lightning it has brought down airplanes and is being investigated as a possible contributory cause of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. LOL AFAIK the 'Sprite' phenomenon has not been implicated in aircraft accidents and has been completely ruled out of the Columbia accident (tho an Israeli astronaut investigating sprites was on board). First reports of upward lightning events above thunderstorms date from at least the late 19/early 20 cent Purely a hunch but with my meteorological and electrical engineering background I don't find it surprising that electrical current will flow in the atmosphere on a larger scale than the average thunderstorm. Wherever there is a potential difference (or any "difference") nature will try and eliminate the difference - 2LOT at work, I guess. Martin See- http://www.fma-research.com/Papers&p...ions/100YR.htm http://www.fma-research.com/ |
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