On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Harry Veeder wrote: > Recently on TV there was a show about 'sprites' -- > this is high altitude lightning which shoots up into outer space. > > Could the Earth be acting like a giant Tesla bulb?
Wow. Are you aware that something inside thunderstorms is creating pulses of gamma rays? These anomalous pulses are detected by military satellites intended to find covert A-bomb tests. These gamma ray bursts, or TGFs (Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes) in theory cannot happen, since the high pressure of the air will keep the electron trajectories short, so electrons can't get up to KEv speeds to create KEv photons. (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
