What triggers lightning?

[Tom.G]

[By using] the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a network of thousands of small radio telescopes mostly in the Netherlands. LOFAR usually gazes at distant galaxies and exploding stars. But according to Dwyer, “it just so happens to work really well for measuring lightning, too.”

https://www.quantamagazine.org/radio-telescope-reveals-how-lightning-begins-20211220/

https://d2r55xnwy6nx47.cloudfront.net/uploads/2021/12/Lightning_1238x826_Lede_Video.mp4

Cheers,
Tom

 

[jedishrfu]

Zeus has been unmasked! Or is that Thor? Or Dianmu? …