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Lightning injuries are divided into direct strikes, side splash, contact injury, and ground current. [1] Ground current occurs when the lightning strikes nearby and travels to the person through the ground. [1] Side splash makes up about a third of cases and occurs when lightning strikes nearby and jumps through the air to the person. [1]
Keraunography or keranography is the belief that lightning, when striking an object (generally a human body), can leave markings which constitute a photographic image of surrounding objects. It is generally considered a myth: lightning can leave markings, but they are not photographic.
The slight branching redness traveling up this person's leg was created by current from a nearby lightning strike. A Lichtenberg figure (German Lichtenberg-Figur), or Lichtenberg dust figure, is a branching electric discharge that sometimes appears on the surface or in the interior of insulating materials. Lichtenberg figures are often ...
The danger of a lightning strike depends on several factors, including where a person is when being struck, the kind of object someone is holding or even the amount of water on the person's skin.
When analyzing a video of his chase, Riske realized that he had managed to get a detailed recording of the exact moment a powerful lightning bolt struck his friend's car.
A good Samaritan and a police officer saved a Minnesota woman's life May 7th when lightning struck her vehicle and it burst into flames. KEYC reports Anna Smith was driving down a highway near ...
Electrical injury; Other names: Electrical shock: Lightning injury caused by a nearby lightning strike.The slight branching redness (sometimes called a Lichtenberg figure) travelling up the leg was caused by the effects of current.
Cromwell Police started getting 911 calls around 4:30 p.m. about a lightning strike. When first responders arrived, they found a tree that had been hit and three people who were near it.