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Video Gallery: Lightning Reveals Its Power in Slow Motion

Posted February 09, 2010 8:07 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

Tom Warner documents the powerful beauty of lightning with an array of optical and electromagnetic sensors. He often uses a Vision Research 'Phantom' high-speed camera. Warner is a Ph.D student at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, in Rapid City. He studies atmospheric sciences with a specialty in lightning research. "Lightning is one of nature's most spectacular phenomena," says Warner. "I want to understand how lightning behaves."

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02/10/2010 7:35 AM

Fascinating.........thanks for the link!

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