So far in this series, we’ve talked about man-made byproducts — Fordite, which is built-up layers of cured car enamel, and Trinitite, which was created during the first nuclear bomb test. A lovely ...

FARGO — If you’ve ever walked on a beach or sand dunes, whether that be in lakes country, the Great Lakes or an ocean coast, you may have walked over what some call “fossilized lightning”. ”Its what ...

When lightning strikes the beach or desert, the electricity vaporizes the sand in less than a second, creating a geological phenomenon you might have to see to believe. The sand vaporizes as the ...

Some social media users are sharing a photo they claim shows a fulgurite – a glass structure that can be created when lightning strikes sand or rock. The photo shows an elaborate sand structure on a ...

In July 2022, a photograph supposedly showing a sand formation on a beach after it was struck by lightning was posted by the "Curiosity" Twitter account @sciencenature14. The photo was captioned: ...