Photograph of a Close Lightning Flash
- 8 November 1968
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 162 (3854) , 666-667
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3854.666
Abstract
A lightning flash has been photographed striking a European ash tree at a distance of 60 meters. The tree sustained no external physical damage. The probability of obtaining this photograph is estimated to be 10-3, or once in 1000 years.Keywords
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