Why would a lightning-struck tree glow after being hit?
It is not on fire and does not give off heat, but glows.
It was a dark and stormy night. Chris emails he
was walking in the woods "a little after a thunderstorm" when he
noticed the tree. The tree, shattered by an earlier lightning
stroke, stabbed the night like a broken pike. An eerie glow extended ...
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answer: Eiffel Tower and lightning
What happened to the Eiffel tower after it was struck by lightning?
Fuzzy, Maine.
I imagine you're talking about the famous image of lightning hitting the
tower in 1902. Then lightning destroyed much of the building's electrical
lighting.
The Eiffel Tower as a colossal lightning conductor. Photograph taken June 3,
1902, at 9.20 p.m., by M. G. Loppé. Published in the Bulletin de la Société
Astronomique de France (May, 1905)
(Answered Jan. 18, 2008)
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