Lightning: Nature Strikes Back - 2/7

BBC documentary first shown in 2004.

It is five times hotter than the sun and turns sand to glass in an instant. It can shoot 80 kilometres up above storm clouds. And it may even have provided the original spark that created life itself. This pacy, stylish documentary reveals the full power of lightning, why it is so dangerous, and what scientists are doing to protect us. Statistically, you are most likely to be struck in Florida, playing golf on a Sunday in July. Hear victims tell touching stories of the real experience, and why they feel it has changed them forever. View cockpit footage of NASA pilots flying through active lightning storms and find out why some scientists think the pollution in big cities could be 'baiting' lightning on an incredible scale. The more we learn about this maverick force of nature, it seems, the more we have to fear...

Apologies for any breaks in programme, the software used is not the best.

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Category:

Science & Technology

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• BBC
• nature
• science
• documentary
• lightning
• thunder
• storms
• weather
• NASA
• airplanes
• environment

[Aussiemoo]

can't they afford a cameraman who knows how to focus?

[DxsupermanxD]

ouch the lightning raps around the groin

[DRAINE3]

@DxsupermanxD Fried Fish Anyone? lmao

[23viktor23]

today my buddy and me went out running. we were in the woods and a storm came. so we decided to return to the car. we were in an open place for about 250 meters. then lightning struck 100 meters away. man i ran to the car faster then that jamaican Bolt :P

[novan3]

I wish I was struck just for the cool tatts

[videosfromderelix]

@LilyRose99 ECT is an ignorant attempt at curing depression but the idea that its loosely based in reality wouldnt surprise me.

[laracroftfan2009]

watched this lastnight recorded it before I went on holiday its amazing

[allnightdrinker]

Terrible camera work, who the hell film this????????????

[facelessred]

lucky that u didnt get hit with a strong one i suppose. you've made me curious, does the depression continue now or are you still okay?