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Topic: lightning

A view over the Champ de Mars and Paris from the Eiffel Tower.

Monday, 6/29, 02:48 PM

The World's Most Famous Lightning Rod: What Happens When the Eiffel Tower Is Struck

A June thunderstorm lit Paris with nearly 2,000 lightning bolts, and — as it has roughly five times a year since 1889 — at least one found the iron tower on the Seine.
Far from a hazard, that strike is a physics lesson 330 meters tall.

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