Experiment of the Week

Measuring lightning

Many people know that you can use thunder to tell how far away the lightning is, but they often get confused as to how to do it. This week, science instructor Robert Krampf reveals the secret of measuring lightning.

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Read 5 comments about “Measuring lightning”

1. 1 - Bear000 says:
   April 3rd, 2008 at 8:31 pm

   Oh, MAN, THAT IS AWESOME!!! =D

2. 2 - Da Boss says:
   April 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm

   i knew about the flash bang method but i never thought about that other thing

3. 3 - Cheese says:
   April 6th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

   Boy, that is so interesting!

4. 4 - qwerty says:
   April 6th, 2008 at 7:11 pm

   Great tip–does that mean the lightning in the example was 2 miles high?

5. 5 - bambam says:
   May 4th, 2008 at 5:41 pm

   that was very interesting cool.

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