The Säntis Tower, atop Mount Säntis in Switzerland
Toma Oregal-Chaumont, Antonio Sunjerga, Pasa Hettiarachchi, et al.
Lightning can shoot upwards from tall towers – and researchers now know that it produces X-rays at the very beginning of its ascent into the clouds.
During a thunderstorm, different parts of a cloud become positively and negatively charged. This separation of charge across the cloud leads to a dramatic electrical discharge that manifests as a column of hot ionised gas and electrons, or plasma, reaching for the ground: a lightning strike.
But when charged-up clouds hover over a tall structure made …
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