In a certain type of lightning that strikes upward towards the sky called upward positive flashes, a team led by astrophysicist Toma Oregel-Chaumont of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...

They also have the potential to be more damaging, because in an upward flash, lightning remains in contact with a structure for longer than it does during a downward flash, giving it more time to ...

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