Dr Kasparian thinks that more powerful lasers will be able to draw lightning to the ground.
Kasparian博士认为更强的激光可以引起云地闪电。
From Franklin's experiments with lightning to the research LABS of today, we've always sought out new forms of energy.
从富兰克林对于闪电的试验至今天的各种研究试验,我们一直在寻找新形式的能源。
He was deeply interested in science and natural history and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod.
他对科学和自然史非常感兴趣,且他对电和闪电的实验直接推动了避雷针的发明。
The rocket site is providing precise measurements of lightning voltages and allowing engineers to check how electrical equipment bears up.
这个火箭发射场现在能对闪电电压进行精确测量,并可以让工程师们检测电气设备的负载。
"We can cause the lightning to strike where we want it to using rockets," says Ralph Bernstein, manager of lightning projects at EPRI.
美国电力研究协会(EPRI)负责闪电项目的经理拉尔夫·伯恩斯坦说:“我们可以用火箭让闪电打到我们想要的地方。”
Using high-speed photography, scientists have determined that there are two steps to the occurrence of lightning from a cloud to the ground.
利用高速摄影技术,科学家们已经确定了闪电从云层到达地面有两个步骤。
Then a strong current of electrons follows that path from the cloud to the ground, and it is that current that illuminates the channel as the lightning we see.
然后一股强大的电子电流沿着这条路径,从云层到达地面,正是这种电流像我们看到的闪电一样照亮了通道。
Thunder continued to shake the sky and lightning illuminated the store for seconds, casting frightening shadows on my mind.
雷声不断,天空颤动,几秒钟的闪电使整个商店都亮起来了,这个场景给我留下了阴影。
Like a spark between a cloud and a lightning conductor, the liquid stretches out to the collector.
就像云块与避雷针之间的一个火花,液体向收集器扩展。
EPRI, which is funded by power companies, is looking at ways to protect the United States' power grid from lightning strikes.
电力公司资助的电力资源研究院正在想办法保护美国电网免遭雷击。
The channel is only a few centimeters in diameter, but that is wide enough for electrons to follow the channel to the ground in the visible form of a flash of lightning.
这个通道的直径只有几厘米,但它的宽度足以让电子以闪电这样看得到的形式随着通道到达地面。
Thunder, the shock wave that comes from a lightning flash, is thought to be the trigger for the torrential rain that is typical of storms.
雷电是由闪电产生的冲击波,它被认为是引发暴雨的原因,而暴雨是风暴的典型特征。
Arcing horns and lightning arresters are necessary because lightning strikes to the mast are common.
灭弧角和避雷器是必需的,因为雷击桅杆是很常见的。
Imagine using similar panels on the rooftops of buildings to prevent lightning before it forms.
这种类似于面板的设施也可以装在建筑物屋顶以预防雷击。
Benjamin Franklin wondered about lightning he combined his curiosity with imagination and carried out his well-known experiment to show that lightning and an electric spark are the same thing.
本杰明·富兰克林不明白闪电是怎么回事。他把这种好奇加上了自己的想像,进行了那个著名的实验,证明了闪电与电火花是一个原理。
Credited with more than 40 patents, he resembles a modern Ben Franklin, who would study the Gulf Stream one day and the next fly his kite to catch the secrets of lightning bolts.
拥有超过40项专利,他就像现代版的本·富兰克林,今天想研究墨西哥暖流明天又会把风筝放上天去捕捉闪电。
The lightning scorched its way to the very center of the Mother Birch's trunk, but she remembered that she had to protect her daughters, and there was no fire.
闪电开始向白桦妈妈枝干的中心燃烧,但她想起她要保护自己的女儿,终于火熄灭了。
Next time you see lightning strike and you consider running to the spot to protect yourself from the next bolt, remember this item!
下一次你遇到闪电想找个地儿躲躲时,千万要记住这一点:闪电会同在一个地方打两次。
Lightning struck close to the truck below us, next to the dirt road we had driven up. Dad worried aloud that lightning might hit the truck.
雷电袭击在我们留在下面的卡车附近,紧挨着它又袭击了已经驱车而来的那条山傍土路,爸爸担心闪电可能会击中卡车。
Capturing lightning can be one of the most rewarding and frustrating photography skills to learn.
捕捉闪电,可能是摄影里要学习的最有挑战性又最容易叫人泄气的技术了。
The lightning branches out in many different directions, causing one leader to make a connection with the ground, creating a bright return stroke.
闪电在许多不同的方向长出分叉,激发了一个先导与地面连接,制造了一次闪亮的回击。
When the voltage is increased to a critical level, silver ions form and quickly branch through the organic monolayer to the gold wire just like a lightning bolt except solid.
当这种电压增加到临界水平时,银离子形成并很快分支生长穿过该有机单分子层到达那根金线,整个过程就像是一个晴天霹雳——固体除外。
Unlike Victor Frankenstein, though, they needed no extra spark of Promethean lightning to give the creature its living essence.
他们倒是不像维克多·弗兰肯斯坦那样还要普罗米修斯之雷赋予这个生物以生命的实质。
They first tried to blame the weather (lightning) before faulting the institute that designed the signalling.
他们在指责设计信号灯的机构之前首先试图归咎于天气(雷电)。
A series of lightning strikes near the launch pad forced officials to delay the launch attempt on Saturday.
之前靠近发射台一连串的闪电,迫使官员推迟了星期六的发射。
As you can tell from the name, it's not designed to be a lightning-fast method.
你可以从它的名字看出来,这不是被设计来速效成功的方法。
Burchard shaped the new material into rough - textured lightning bolts of foam that locked together to stay put under the weight of heavy, priceless objects.
伯查德把这种新材料做成表面粗糙的闪电形状的泡沫,让他们可以互相扣在一起,稳稳的垫在那些很重又很昂贵的物品下面。
Burchard shaped the new material into rough - textured lightning bolts of foam that locked together to stay put under the weight of heavy, priceless objects.
伯查德把这种新材料做成表面粗糙的闪电形状的泡沫,让他们可以互相扣在一起,稳稳的垫在那些很重又很昂贵的物品下面。
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