Ariane 5 lightning experiment. Man-made lightning strike during an experiment using a model of the European Space Agency's Ariane 5 rocket. This experiment is designed to prove that Ariane 5's sensitive electronic components could withstand the electromagnetic interference caused by a lightning strike. The 40-metre high electrical equipment can generate lightning bolts with 4 million volts. The model,one-twentieth of Ariane 5's actual size,is protected by lightning conductors around it. These lightning conductors,linked by electric cables,channel the lightning's electrical charge safely to the ground | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Soulabille, Y. / EURELIOS |
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