What Does a Lightning Strike on a Tree Look Like?
When lightning strikes a tree, the high-voltage electricity flows through any water on the bark and through the sap under the bark. This heats the…
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What are the vertical marks and scars on tree bark?
An explanation for some of the mysterious vertical marks and scars we find on trees.
The sound of walking through a wood during a thunderstorm. That’s all.
Walking in a wood during a thunderstorm
Chichester Lightning
The skies above the Natural Navigator last night as he tried to devise an ingenious new method to catch a pair of errant chickens. (Picture…