Some folks at the i3Detroit hackerspace had an opportunity come up that would allow them to capture lightning in acrylic. They created a few Lichtenberg figures thanks to the help of a plastic ...

Basically, they are natural tubes of glass that are formed by a fusion of silica sand or rock during a lightning strike. Much like Lichtenberg figures appear across wood, the resulting shape ...

Shaw had studied lightning before. From the air, the scientists saw a clue to the animals’ death, a giant “Lichtenberg figure” etched into the ground near the carcasses. A Lichtenberg figure ...