Sometimes, a photographer goes out in search of a good photo—and, because of unforseen circumstances, he comes back with a great photo, one that gets displayed all over the world.
Slow motion captures the strange dance electricity makes as it heads towards Earth. See, the internet isn’t just about nip slips and celebrity babies after all.
Science Buzz A weird cluster of lightning-strike related news items on the web today. Be careful out there. There’s the awesome video on Flickr of a woman filming her own personal lightning strike (she’s fine); the New Hampshire girl who had lightning go through her nose ring (ditto); and five teenagers have been killed by lightning within the last week.