Lightning Strikes Again
Is it possible to get power from lightning? This was the first CrowdScience question posed by listener John Emochu in Kampala, Uganda, in November 2016. We revisit John\u2019s story as presenter Marnie Chesterton goes hunting for answers at a lightning lab in Cardiff, Wales, where she discovers just what lightning lab is, and how to make a tiny \u2013 but very loud \u2013 lightning bolt. And we tackle the best of the many questions that came into our inbox about thunderstorms after the original broadcast \u2013 from how many types of lightning exist to whether antennae in the clouds could gather electricity. Finally, we head to Kampala to meet listener John to hear just what he thought of the programme and what life is really like in one of the lightning capitals of the world.
Do you have a question we can turn into a programme? Email us at crowdscience@bbc.co.uk
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton\nProducer: Jen Whyntie
(Image: Artist impression of lightning inside a conical flask. Credit: Getty Images)