With the help of lasers, they fired fast pulses into the thunderclouds, which helped deflect the lightning.
Scientists conducted an experiment in which they managed to deflect lightning. To do this, they fired powerful laser pulses into the clouds at the top of a mountain in Switzerland, reports The Guardian.
It is noted that the discovery paves the way for the use of laser systems to protect airports, launch pads and tall buildings from lightning.
Scientists delivered a powerful laser to the top of Mount Sentis and mounted it on a 124-meter-high telecommunications tower, which is struck by lightning about 100 times a year.
The researchers waited for the storms and from July to September last year fired fast laser pulses at the thunderclouds for more than 6 hours.
Devices designed to record lightning strikes showed that during experiments, the laser deflected lightning discharges.
“Metal rods are used almost everywhere to protect against lightning, but the area they can protect is limited to a few meters or tens of meters. If we have enough laser energy, it will be possible to cover the up to several hundred meters,” says Aurélien Huar, a physicist. from the Polytechnic School of Palaiseau.
The cost of a laser system is very high compared to the price of a simple rod, but lasers can be a more reliable way to launch a lightning bolt.
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