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Current Column: A saintly light

Why would a lightning-struck tree glow after being hit? It is not on fire and does not give off heat, but glows.

It was a dark and stormy night. Chris emails he was walking in the woods "a little after a thunderstorm" when he noticed the tree. The tree, shattered by an earlier lightning stroke, stabbed the night like a broken pike. An eerie glow extended ... Click to continue

A whole circle rainbow

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. A portion of a 360 degree rainbow, seen from an airplane while approaching the Philadelphia Airport. Photo courtesy of Patrick Spence and Wikipedia.

Further Reading:

What causes a rainbow?

I saw a lovely rainbow recently. The sky just inside the bow seemed brighter than the sky outside the bow. Why?

How high do you have to be to see a full-circle rainbow?

How a full-circle rainbow looks

Why are the colors in the second rainbow backwards?

What a rainbow looks like to a dinosaur, WonderQuest

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Current Column: A saintly light

Why would a lightning-struck tree glow after being hit? It is not on fire and does not give off heat, but glows.

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