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A lightning bolt is an atmospheric manifestation of the truism that opposites attract. In nature, we get a spark when two oppositely charged objects come in close proximity. For example, when the person get shocked touching a doorknob, on a very small scale, been struck by lightning.
In a thunderstorm, the up/down flow of atmospheric convection creates turbulence that knocks together airborne molecules, stripping their negatively charged electrons.
Lighter, positively charged molecules are carried upward in the convection’s updrafts, while the heavier negatively charged molecules remain near the bottom of the cloud. Soon the cloud is electrically polarized, more positively charged at the top than at the base.
The surest way to be struck by lightning is to be outside in an electrical storm, but photographing lightning usually requires being outside.
And while there’s no completely safe way to photograph lightning, it doesn’t hurt to improve the odds of avoiding injury.
Most lightning strikes are within a six-mile radius of the previous strike, but strikes have been known to happen much farther from the storm. Since thunder isn’t usually audible beyond ten miles.
The Global Lightning Strike Test camera market accounted for $XX Billion in 2023 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
MTO Lightning Strike Test camera – During a storm, when there is no lightning protection on these poles, ground charges climb up on the pole since that they are attracted by the opposite charges of the storm cloud.
As the storm reaches to a certain level of development, all ground charges at the top of the pole are emitted towards the opposite charged downward streamers of the cloud.
Lightning Strike Test camera poles are made of conductive material and they are the highest structures around. This makes the poles open to lightning threat and they need to be protected against lightning strikes and possible damages.
In case of use of a lightning arrester solution, the arrester collects all ground charges on itself and emit them towards the cloud charges in order to “protect” the surrounding area which is exactly their purpose of use.
