Friday, July 11, 2008

WEEK 4 : TASK 1 - LIGHTNING




Lightning has been considered a mystery for a long time. It is assumed power of God or of others forces out of our earth. No one knows the answer. A group of scientists was researching about lightning regard it as a phenomenon of nature. They said it was difficult to study about it.
How does it happen?
Lightning expert Joe Dwyer of the Florida institute of technology announced we usually saw it as giant spark with louder noise. Actually, its process is very complex. They explained there were electric part leaved to the air. Opposite electric parks were separated and moved in clouds. When they meet one another and strong enough, they will create lightning. Scientists were curious that where those energies come from. They built up a tower to measure how strong a lightning was. They tested on a excusive ground and used many machine to examine it. They showed the present of lightning by firing rockets and sending to the air to create it. As a result, a lightning can be strong over millions volt. They continued examining by sending a balloon that carried equipments to the air to observe lightning. In short, research studies are still carrying out to prove to the world more clearly about lightning.

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