19 People Who Survived Getting Struck By Lightning Show What It Does To Your Skin

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:03:13 +0300

The odds of getting struck by lightning in any given year are about 1 in 300,000. And although roughly 90% of those struck survive, the electrical discharge scars some of them with a tattoo-like mark, known as the Lichtenberg figure. But that’s not all. A lightning bolt can heat the surrounding air to 27,760 degrees Celsius – which is five times hotter than the sun – and can contain up to 1 billion volts of electricity.

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19 People Who Survived Getting Struck By Lightning Show What It Does To Your Skin