Lightning rod
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A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect it from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it is most likely to strike the rod an
Lightning striking the lightning rod of the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada.
Drawing of a general store by Marguerite Martyn in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of October 21, 1906, with a traveling salesman selling lightning rods
Lightning protection system at a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Lightning rod on a statue.
Lightning strike
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A lightning strike or lightning bolt is a lightning event in which an electric discharge takes place between the atmosphere and the ground. Most originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and terminate on the
Lightning rod
…A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect it from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it is most likely to strike the rod and be conducted to ground through a wire, rather than passing through the…
Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower in 1902. The metal tower acts as a colossal lightning conductor. The presence of multiple bolts shows this is a time-exposure photograph
Memorial to a man killed by lightning in London, 1787
A tree exploded when struck by lightning.
This eucalyptus tree was struck by lightning, while two nearby conifers were untouched, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.