Archive for July 24th, 2009

HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF LIGHTNING

Science investigates the known, the unknown and the unknowable. Today, lightning research is divided into various disciplines, some of which are:
• Atmospheric Physics and Electrostatics
• Electrical Engineering
• Climatology, including thunderstorm morphology and dynamics
• Meteorology and other sub-sectors
From the beginning of written history, lightning has fascinated mankind. It was the magic fire from the sky that man captured and used [...]