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Can a bullet fired into the storm cloud cause lightning to strike? (startrek.website)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Iโ€™m just curious during thunderstorm, if anyone tried to fire a bullet during storm into clouds? Will the lightning strike the bullet? Mythbusters or someone else maybe did that ?

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[โ€“] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

In order to force a lightning strike you need to bring the charged particles closer together, increase conductivity of the air or increase the amount of charged particles. If a bullet can do any of this, it may cause a lightning strike

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    It seems plausible that the vapor trail of changing air pressure behind a bullet could create a momentary channel of increased conductivity and/or particle density as air rushes back into the void created by the passing projectile. I wonder if the effect is persistent enough to enable a static discharge all along the path though.

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