Re: streamer propigation direction...

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>


Also, the average angle of spark deviation is 16 degrees for nature's
lightning.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
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 >
 > I recieved from a friend a time laps photo set of "cloud" lightning and
was
 > intriuged by the direction and patterns formed. BTW which is VERY similar
 > to the streamers in the picture of the BIGPIG.
 >
 > A theory...   lets say we have a volume of evenly charged matter ( air in
 > this case) and a point exists that has a hi potential difference ( the
 > point on the toroid)    as the air near the point becomes ionized, the
 > channel allows the potential to extend away from the original point on the
 > toroid and outwards into the volume of evenly charged matter ( air), as
 > this channel continues to propigate further away from the toroid (
allowing
 > the potential to extend with it since the streamer is basically now a
 > conductor) , it pulls the charge from the air in a 3-D manner producing
the
 > "forks".  As the "forks" continue to expand in the air mass, the charged
 > air mass continues to supply the streamers with more electrons due to the
 > expanded volume, we get even more forking.
 >