Fulgurite
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Fulgurites, commonly called "fossilized lightning", are natural tubes, clumps, or masses of sintered, vitrified, or fused soil, sand, rock, organic debris and other sediments that sometimes form when
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Lichtenberg figure
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A Lichtenberg figure, or Lichtenberg dust figure, is a branching electric discharge that sometimes appears on the surface or in the interior of insulating materials. Lichtenberg figures are often asso
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…composition is determined by the physical and chemical properties of whatever material is being struck by lightning. Fulgurites are structurally similar to Lichtenberg figures, which are the branching patterns produced on surfaces of insulators during dielectric breakdown by high-voltage discharges, such as lightning. Fulgurites…
Modern 3D Lichtenberg figures or "electrical treeing" in a block of clear acrylic, created by irradiating the block with an electron beam. Actual size: 80 mm × 80 mm × 50 mm (3 in × 3 in × 2 in)
Lichtenberg figures are generated by a sliding spark discharge on the flask with a mixture of gases. Structural differences between the "positive" and "negative" figures can be observed.
The slight branching redness traveling up this person's leg was created by current from a nearby lightning strike.
Carbonized high-voltage discharge tracks cross the surface of a polycarbonate sheet.