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Harvesting lightnings for energy...in real life Mordor!
I planned to have a region on my world that is similar to Mordor, as in a place with near constant thunderstorms and lightning strikes, about 30 times per minute at peak for at least 25 hours at night ...
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How would a black lightning storm work?
"If you shine a low-pressure sodium lamp on a yellow sodium flame, the flame will be black." I shamelessly stole the above text from somewhere but it whetted my curiosity.
I am wondering if ...
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How can I make my often-lightning-struck mesa sound like giant drums?
Premise 1: I prefer to know if it's possible to realize this without much handwaving (hence the science-based tag) but, as this is going to be in a fantasy setting, answers which make it possible with ...
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How To Make Lightning
I am writing a sci-fi setting with space travel. In this there is an alien world important enough to require that I put thought into the ecosystem.
Unfortunately, due to plot reasons, the usual ...
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