Photograph of a close lightning flash. Academic Article

abstract

• A lightning flash has been photographed striking a European ash tree at a distance of 60 meters. The tree sustained no external physical damage. The probability of obtaining this photograph is estimated to be 10(-3), or once in 1000 years.

authors

• Orville, Richard

published proceedings

• Science

author list (cited authors)

• Orville, R. E.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• Orville, RE

publication date

• November 1968

publisher

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  Publisher

published in

• Science  Journal

PubMed Central ID

• 17736043

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1126/science.162.3854.666

start page

• 666

end page

• 667

volume

• 162

issue

• 3854