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Without any validity claims there, we don't really seem to have that tremendous an understanding of these sorts of things. Isn't the exact mechanics of lightnin
by bpicolo 9y ago
Without any validity claims there, we don't really seem to have that tremendous an understanding of these sorts of things. Isn't the exact mechanics of lightning formation still an unsolved problem? And then there's all sorts of other mysterious electrical phenomena like ball lightning
> It is well understood that during a thunderstorm there is charge separation and aggregation in certain regions of the cloud; however the exact processes by which this occurs are not fully understood [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Necessary_conditions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Necessary_conditions
- ianai 9y agoBut there is hope. The Langmuir guys seem to think it’ll get there https://www.abqjournal.com/814666/lab-sparks-advances-in-lightning-research.html https://www.abqjournal.com/814666/lab-sparks-advances-in-lig...