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Great Balls of Fire
You may have heard of sheet lightning, heat lightning, or even ball lightning. But what about Red Sprites, Blue Jets and Elves? There’s a lot more to lightning than most of us realize. In this week’s Please Explain feature, we’ll talk to Dr. Martin A. Uman, one of the world's foremost experts on lightning, and John Jensenius, a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service who initiated Lightning Awareness Week.
» Lightning awareness and lightning safety at the
National Weather Service
» Photos of lightning
» The University of Florida's Lightning Lab
» Please Explain series
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