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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] lighting detector
From: Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:28:47 +1000




> Marten Beels <mbeels@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> I started reading a bit about lightning spectroscopy, and a few sources
> indicated that lightning was a strong source of UV light, around 400
> nm.

I'm not surprised that a lightning strike would emit a fair amount of UV 
(+visible+IR+radio) as it's much like an electronic flash (different gas 
composition though) not in a tube.  Did you find any images made from lightning 
in the UV range ?

...Wayne

Wayne Harridge

http://lrh.structuregraphs.com

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