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"Upside Down" Lightning as Strong as Earth-bound Bolts
nationalgeographic. ^ | August 23, 2009 | Matt Kaplan

Posted on 08/27/2009 10:55:52 AM PDT by JoeProBono

Lightning that shoots upward from clouds can be as powerful as the strongest bolts that strike the ground, according to researchers who caught the strange phenomenon on film. (Watch the video, slowed down to show how the lightning bolt moves.)


TOPICS: Outdoors; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: lightning
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1 posted on 08/27/2009 10:55:52 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 08/27/2009 11:08:03 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Does this lend a new meaning to ... Up Yours ???


3 posted on 08/27/2009 11:09:03 AM PDT by Lmo56
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4 posted on 08/27/2009 11:10:03 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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I thought these were called “sprites” or something like that.
5 posted on 08/27/2009 11:10:17 AM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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6 posted on 08/27/2009 11:12:12 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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My grandma always used to tell me about how she once saw ball lightning when she was a girl. I guess it’s supposed to exist.


7 posted on 08/27/2009 11:13:59 AM PDT by MNDude (The Republican Congress Economy--1995-2007)
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8 posted on 08/27/2009 11:14:33 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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9 posted on 08/27/2009 11:17:03 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10 posted on 08/27/2009 11:19:10 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Ball Lightning = St. Elmo’s Fire ...


11 posted on 08/27/2009 11:39:48 AM PDT by Lmo56
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Ah, oh, smokestack lightning
Shinin’, just like gold
Why don't ya hear me cryin’?
Ah, whoo hoo, ooh...
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
What's the, matter with you?
Why don't ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
Where did ya, stay last night?
A-why don't ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, stop your train
Let her, go for a ride
Why don't ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, fare ya well
Never see, ah, you no more
Ah, why don't ya hear me cryin’?
Ooh, whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, who been here baby since
I, I been gone, a little, bitty boy?
Girl, be on
Ah, whoo hoo, whoo By Howlin’ Wolf

12 posted on 08/27/2009 11:40:12 AM PDT by JimC214
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13 posted on 08/27/2009 11:41:53 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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14 posted on 08/27/2009 11:44:01 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Let me be the first to say:

NOT GUILTY!!!!!


15 posted on 08/27/2009 11:47:14 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (ON 1-19-09 GAS WAS, ON AVERAGE IN MEMPHIS, $1.43 A GALLON.)
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16 posted on 08/27/2009 12:27:14 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Kewl medallio ...


17 posted on 08/27/2009 12:44:24 PM PDT by Lmo56
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medallion - that is ...


18 posted on 08/27/2009 12:45:14 PM PDT by Lmo56
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19 posted on 08/27/2009 1:05:07 PM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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20 posted on 08/27/2009 1:21:56 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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