Re: Bi-directional leader formation?

["Malcolm Watts" <M.J.Watts-at-massey.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi Greg,
          I don't know whether it is an artifact of the camera 
scan or not but it *appears* to be going from top to ground. 
Trick of vision perhaps?

Regards,
Malcolm
 
On 21 Aug 00, at 18:34, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Greg Leyh" <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net> 
> 
> Speaking of lightning research, here's a great photo sequence 
> of what might be a bi-directional leader initiation from an
> isolated body in a high electric field.  Sent to me by a friend
> at Boeing.  
> The clip is posted on the site for the Lightning Research Group 
> at Osaka University.
> 
> 
>  
> 
> > Subject:  Lightning Strike of one of our 747s
> >
> > Take a look at the footage of this lightning strike.  Pretty amazing.
> >
> > http://lightning.pwr.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lrg/temp/plane.html
> > 
> > The airplane was an ANA flight from a Japan city to China. It
> > happened at take- off, the plane returned to the airport, no
> > injuries, no Boeing support was required, a person on the ground
> > caught the pictures.
> -- 
> 
> 
> -GL
> www.lod-dot-org
> 
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