ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIn 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norwaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageIn 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norwaylemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThis Practical Engineering video explains the concepts behind how this happened TLDR: The electricity is trying to flow through the Earth, but a reindeer is a better conductor, so it flows up into the nearest leg and down out the furthest leg. If they were standing on one foot they might’ve been ok
This Practical Engineering video explains the concepts behind how this happened
TLDR: The electricity is trying to flow through the Earth, but a reindeer is a better conductor, so it flows up into the nearest leg and down out the furthest leg. If they were standing on one foot they might’ve been ok