
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 ...
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A whole circle rainbow
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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