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Lightning
2071
Benjamin Franklin's Science, AMS Journal Program 2007-1
1028 NOVA: Lightning!
1036 Nature Tech: Lightning
1002 The Hundred Year Hunt for the Red Sprite
1046 Severe Weather Safety: Protect Yourself
1065 Struck by Lightning
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Benjamin Franklin’s Science (59 minutes)
Prof. Philip Krider of the University of Arizona is an expert in atmospheric electricity – and Benjamin Franklin. His presentation, recorded at the AMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta commemorates the Franklin Tercentenary with a fascinating look at this multi-faceted Founding Father, who could also be argued to be America’s first meteorologist. An excellent chapter in the history of our science.
2071 DVD-R, $9.95 plus S$H |
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NOVA:
Lightning! (45 minutes)
A high-voltage trip —culminating in a dazzling lightning show set to music that rivals the most extraordinary fireworks display. The program also visits with some of lightning's tragic victims who thought they were out of harm's way. Join the scientists as they tempt nature by creating the world's tallest lightning rod, a wire leading thousands of feet into storm clouds, which triggers awe-inspiring thunderbolts a few hundred feet from the observers—and creates a chunk of "petrified" lightning. A NOVA Proiduction.
1028 DVD-R, $19.95 Temporarily out of stock
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Nature Tech: Lightning (45 minutes)
A History Channel special on one of nature’s deadliest killers – lightning. It provides an excellent overview of lightning physics, detection and warning systems. The threats to those engaging outdoor activities are graphically recounted in many victim vignettes.
1036 DVD-R $24.95 plus S&H |
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The Hundred Year Hunt For The Red Sprite (42 minutes)
Finalist, Telly Awards
Videographer Award of Excellence
Gold Award,Aurora Awards
Based upon our planetarium production of the same name, this program documents one of the most unexpected scientific findings in the atmosphere during the late 20th century. For over a century, people, including well respected scientists, had reported seeing strange lights in the night sky about thunderstorms - and they were. But it remained for a “happy accident” in 1989 when the first such event was captured on a low-light camera’s video tape. One researcher exclaimed it was as if Biology had just suddenly discovered a new human body part. Since then, an entire “zoo” of luminous creatures have been found in the thin air above thunderstorms. And the discoveries are still being made. The program also shows how the public can become engaged in the search for new thunderstorm related electrical phenomena.Teachers: Your students can also take the online "Sprite Quiz" and receive their score and a certificate of completion! "....the images and graphics are extraordinary...you could watch this program forever...kept me on the edge of my seat..." Weatherwise Magazine
1002 DVD-R* $19.95 plus S&H |
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Struck by Lightning (50 minutes)
Most people struck by lightning are not killed. But that doesn’t mean they were lucky. First person narratives document the serious, often lifelong consequences of a lightning strike. A good way to teach lightning safety…let folks see what can happen if one does not take the simple and basic steps to protect oneself from a cloud-to-ground strike. From the A&E Series, The Unexplained.
1065 DVD-R $24.95 plus S&H |
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Severe Weather Safety: Protect Yourself (30 minutes)
Produced for Weatherthings by AMS Member, Alan Sealls, CBM, this program spells out in clear, simple language how to become aware of, prepare for, and react to the threats of flash floods, lightning, damaging winds and tornadoes. An excellent program for public outreach seminars and introductory weather classes.
1046 DVD-R, $24.95 plus S&H |
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