So far in this series, we’ve talked about man-made byproducts — Fordite, which is built-up layers of cured car enamel, and Trinitite, which was created during the first nuclear bomb test. A lovely ...

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FARGO — If you’ve ever walked on a beach or sand dunes, whether that be in lakes country, the Great Lakes or an ocean coast, you may have walked over what some call “fossilized lightning”. ”Its what ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Fulgurites - darkish, glassy material dotting the rock surface - ...

Lightning isn't exactly the safest natural phenomenon to be around, but social media users are claiming the giant atmospheric spark is capable of creating wondrous natural structures. "When Lightning ...

His arm has been exquisitely branded with a Lichtenberg figure, the visible pattern left by an electrical discharge. I’ve seen photos of Lichtenberg figures in the sand (fulgurites), formed when ...

A recent episode of The Weather Channel’s “The Strangest Weather on Earth” featured local resident Terry Boswell in the Arizona desert digging for fulgurites. Boswell holds one of the largest ...

A new study by researchers at Yale and the University of Leeds suggests that prehistoric lightning bolts may have produced the biologically active phosphorus that was integral to the creation of ...