A rare meteorological phenomenon. A lightning bolt discharge strikes the water plume from a U.S. Navy detonated depth charge following a test. Chesapeake Bay, Oct. 24, 1957. Add’l info in comments. [2212 x 2737]
>When a conventional depth charge was detonated beneath the bay’s surface, the resulting 300-foot-high water plume induced a stray low level cloud in a partially overcast sky to discharge its electrical energy in three consecutive lightning bolts, all following the same downward ionized path and all striking the water plume within one second. The illumination of the top of the plume and its reflection on the water (foreground) shows that bolts actually struck the plume. Scientists pointed out the atmospheric conditions were clear when the depth charge was placed into the water, and although the sky became slightly overcast, there was no indication of storm or electrical activity in the air.
vhsvswwenetwork
And this is how Godzilla was created! #science
WindSprinkle
I think they witnessed the creation of the 100 foot hole.
KapitanKurt
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>When a conventional depth charge was detonated beneath the bay’s surface, the resulting 300-foot-high water plume induced a stray low level cloud in a partially overcast sky to discharge its electrical energy in three consecutive lightning bolts, all following the same downward ionized path and all striking the water plume within one second. The illumination of the top of the plume and its reflection on the water (foreground) shows that bolts actually struck the plume. Scientists pointed out the atmospheric conditions were clear when the depth charge was placed into the water, and although the sky became slightly overcast, there was no indication of storm or electrical activity in the air.
vhsvswwenetwork
And this is how Godzilla was created! #science
WindSprinkle
I think they witnessed the creation of the 100 foot hole.