(WGHP) – “Can lightning turn sand at the beach into glass?” Dianne from Winston-Salem asks. “If so, how and in what conditions?” Yes, it is possible for lightning to turn sand into glass. However, ...

Studying volcanic eruptions in person can be dangerous, and scientists have died trying. Volcanic lightning — yes, volcanoes make lightning! — by contrast offers a safer opportunity to examine what ...

LIGHTNING may strike fear into the heart of some when they see the flash of light followed by a crack of thunder. But the weather phenomenon can also inspire natural beauty if it strikes sand on a ...

Up to 24,000 people around the world die every year from lightning-related incidents, so you might think this natural phenomenon is something to be feared and avoided. That's not always the case, ...

LAKE WALES, Fla – Take a look at these amazing glass fossils right here in Florida formed during lightning strikes. Florida’s is struck by lightning more than any state in the U.S. and when the bolt ...

In their open-access paper for Geology, Kimberly Genareau and colleagues propose, for the first time, a mechanism for the generation of glass spherules in geologic deposits through the occurrence of ...

Researchers have proposed a mechanism for the generation of glass spherules in geologic deposits through the occurrence of volcanic lightning. The existence of fulgurites -- glassy products formed in ...