Comments on: Boss Byproducts: Fulgurites Are Fossilized Lightning https://hackaday.com/2024/10/29/boss-byproducts-fulgurites-are-fossilized-lightning/ Fresh hacks every day Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:48:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Chris Maple https://hackaday.com/2024/10/29/boss-byproducts-fulgurites-are-fossilized-lightning/#comment-8056232 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:48:33 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=707737&preview=true&preview_id=707737#comment-8056232 In reply to The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren.

There are several xkcd lightning entries. #260 is the closest to fulgurites, and there are also #795 and #242.

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By: KDawg https://hackaday.com/2024/10/29/boss-byproducts-fulgurites-are-fossilized-lightning/#comment-8056190 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:17:10 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=707737&preview=true&preview_id=707737#comment-8056190 In reply to Daniel.

no the point was the bitchy snotty wife returns home to get divorce papers signed and turns back into a human being. One of the devices used was the husband got his crap together and started pulling flawless blown glass sculptures (that IRL cost thousands of dollars) out of the beach like seashells. Its not a terrible movie, but its still pure crap

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By: Illucidator https://hackaday.com/2024/10/29/boss-byproducts-fulgurites-are-fossilized-lightning/#comment-8056122 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:47:37 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=707737&preview=true&preview_id=707737#comment-8056122 In reply to Dan.

I prefer Thunder Nuggets

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By: Jeff Wright https://hackaday.com/2024/10/29/boss-byproducts-fulgurites-are-fossilized-lightning/#comment-8056114 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:26:39 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=707737&preview=true&preview_id=707737#comment-8056114 In reply to asheets.

Martin Uman did similar work in Florida I think.

I might have a spool of wire go into a bucket of pure silica….a big model spaceship filled with explosives in front of a green screen…

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By: Dan https://hackaday.com/2024/10/29/boss-byproducts-fulgurites-are-fossilized-lightning/#comment-8056102 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:32:11 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=707737&preview=true&preview_id=707737#comment-8056102 In reply to Anonymous.

…and now I’m calling them “static poops”

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By: Daniel https://hackaday.com/2024/10/29/boss-byproducts-fulgurites-are-fossilized-lightning/#comment-8056090 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:46:06 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=707737&preview=true&preview_id=707737#comment-8056090 In reply to smellsofbikes.

Isn’t there a movie about an artist that does this? Sweet Home Alabama I think it was.

Oh wait, that wasn’t the point of the movie? Growing up my sisters watched that a few times. The fulgurites were the the best part of the movie.

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By: asheets https://hackaday.com/2024/10/29/boss-byproducts-fulgurites-are-fossilized-lightning/#comment-8056089 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:45:36 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=707737&preview=true&preview_id=707737#comment-8056089 In reply to ThoriumBR.

Don’t need the spool of wire — the researches at South Dakota School of Mines regularly use rocket exhaust as the initiator/attractor for their lightning strike research.

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