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EIFFEL LIGHTNING BOLT (French Zottedness)
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| May 28, 2009
| Hakim Atek
Posted on 05/28/2009 11:30:09 AM PDT by Squidpup
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:30:11 AM PDT
by
Squidpup
To: Squidpup
Thank you ... great pic too. Fascinating.
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:35:25 AM PDT
by
DHC-2
To: Squidpup
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:35:57 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: Squidpup
That’s pretty remarkable. Thanks for the post.
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:36:53 AM PDT
by
NYer
("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)
To: Squidpup
I like these stories that include the camera settings. It gives me a starting point to try something similar.
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:38:41 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Squidpup
The upward branching in this photo shows that the Eiffel Tower actually initiated the discharge.”
Count on the French to do things bass-ackward.
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:38:42 AM PDT
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: bamahead
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:40:28 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
The Effin’ Lighting Bolt Tower!
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:46:13 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Justice is blind. Sonia Sotomayor is not even qualified to sit on an IMPARTIAL jury.)
To: Squidpup
NYC Version.
Keeping the Empire State Building gorilla free since 1933.
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:47:45 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Justice is blind. Sonia Sotomayor is not even qualified to sit on an IMPARTIAL jury.)
To: Squidpup
The Frenchies zotted God!
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:51:06 AM PDT
by
MyTwoCopperCoins
(I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
To: Squidpup
I was on that thing a couple of years ago. I think I would have soiled myself if lightning would have struck while we were up there.
I suspect that they close the tower during storms.
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:51:46 AM PDT
by
DYngbld
(I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!!)
To: DYngbld
To: Squidpup
That’s what they get for letting trolls post to FR from there. Serves ‘em right.
To: DYngbld
I think the steel structure will safely transport the charges through the “skin effect”.
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:54:06 AM PDT
by
MyTwoCopperCoins
(I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
To: Squidpup
Nous devons capituler à Dieux de ciel!
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:57:43 AM PDT
by
Domandred
(Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
To: P8riot
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posted on
05/28/2009 11:58:15 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: Squidpup; glock rocks
Very cool!
The Eiffel sparkler :-)
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:02:38 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Probably would not hurt you any, but the noise would be enough to momentarily lose bodily function. Never having been struck by lightning I do not know what that would sound like. But I am guessing it would be unpleasant, and down right scary.
It is a great once in a lifetime picture.
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:06:50 PM PDT
by
DYngbld
(I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!!)
To: DYngbld
Buddy and I had lighting strike the ground less than 10 feet from us. “Unpleasant” is an understatement. I’m fairly certain we broke most duck and cover speed records.
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:41:06 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
To: Squidpup
upward-initiated discharges are "relatively rare," accounting for less than 1% of all lightning, "and generally occur from mountain tops and tall man-made structures." I remember some thirty years ago seeing similar pictures. Some crazy researchers were firing small solid fueled rockets straight up into thunderheads. The rockets were trailing a small wire (like a wire guided missile) which was attached to the launch rail. The result being an immediate return stroke to a targeted location.
Very simple and very easy but kids, DON'T try this at home. I believe they were studying high energy plasma discharges. There was no branching in their photos, the return stroke came straight as an arrow to ground, vaporizing the wire (and parts of the launch rail!) in the process.
Regards,
GtG
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posted on
05/28/2009 12:55:01 PM PDT
by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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