View Original Image at Full SizeFigure 2. View of a typical lightning strike along the edge of a basalt escarpment, Drakensberg Mountains, Lesotho, southern Africa. The weathered basalt surface is brown-red in color, whereas a lightning strike has exploited pre-existing fractures in the basalt as well as creating new ones. The fresh rock surface is gray in color. Note the displaced bedrock blocks. Handheld GPS for scale. (Source: photo by Jasper Knight.)
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