The Stage 32 Videos: Atomic
Statue struck by lighting energy flow in the rock.wmv
When lightning strikes sand in the desert, it instantly melts the grains, creating complex structures that geologists call fulgurites. These structures of partially melted minerals can also be found in lightning-struck rocks. But that's just the beginning: While investigating this phenomenon on an outcropping in southern France, researchers discovered that the changes can go even further down to the atomic level.
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