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Human Voltage: Struck By Lightning

Traveling faster than a speeding bullet and burning five times hotter than the surface of the sun, lightning can strike humans dead and unexpectedly. Explore the science behind the deadly and mysterious occurrence in Human Voltage: Struck By Lightning. The film follows the stories of three lightning victims - one a recent victim and two others plagued with unusual long term consequences. Tim Samaras, a storm chaser uses a one-ton camera to take viewers into the heart of a lightning storm to capture a whole new picture of lightning. Human Voltage: Struck By Lightning also explores new discoveries in lightening science and innovative brain imaging technology to find out what really happens when lightning strikes the human body.

English
  • Originally Aired January 30, 2008
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