Below are photos of situations,
encountered by NLSI in its consulting and training work, that show
damage caused by lightning.
Lightning damage to tip
of Franklin air terminal.
(Photo courtesy of Heles/U.S. Army)
NLSI engineers discuss lightning
damage (see burn mark on wall at center
electrical panel) to electrical system at
military defense factory in New Hampshire.
Arcing (center of picture) due to
failure to bond in City of Huntsville,
Alabama E911 communications center.
Code compliance violation at U.S. Army location in Ft. Irwin, CA.
Top half of fishing pole hit by lightning. All resin has been vaporized
and nothing is left but fiber that looks like cotton candy.
(Photo by Michael Fewings,
www.strikeone.com.au)
Newspaper article about a house struck by lightning in Malaysia.
Exploding concrete was part of the damage to this house foundation
caused by a lightning strike.
Dead elk from a lightning strike, Mt. Evans, Colorado.
Cattle struck dead by lightning.
House damaged by lightning (the tree was missed).
Lightning traveled along this underground metal pipe.
Typical tree damage caused by lightning strike.
Atypical tree damage caused by lightning strike.
Signature of lightning upon Franklin lightning rod.
Lightning's high temperatures caused entrained moisture to explode.
(NASA shuttle landing runway, Kennedy Space Center, Florida)