When lightning strikes a plane, the bolt typically hits a sharp part of it, such as a wing tip.

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Displaying the charred remains of two recently zapped plane panels, Hadad explains that a thin layer of copper mesh on an aircraft's exterior can drastically reduce the damage caused when lightning strikes.

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Listen to turn-by-turn directions from the inside of your motorcycle helmet, check your trail map from the handlebars of your mountain bike, plot your chart and find fish on your next boating trip, or steer clear of lightning strikes when flying your jet.

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Although lightning frequently strikes the tundra, the landscape is typically fairly moist and so rarely ignites, and even when it does, the flames don't spread very far, burn very deeply or remain alight for very long.

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