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    Default Lasers directing lightning

    This appeared today on ABC News Australia.

    Very cool! Its a wonder the laser didn't direct the lightning straight to the laser.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-...time/101861990
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    ... it's not the laserbeam itself, but only the ionized air, created with the focal spot, "pulling" the lightning out of the clouds

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