For the first time, scientists were able to show they can bend lightning from a storm with a laser.
The project, 20 years in the making, required a super powerful laser to be shot into the sky.
A powerful laser was able to deflect a lightning bolt almost 200 feet before it hit a lightning rod, greatly improving the rod's function.
The Laser Lightning Rod is seen in place on top of a Swiss mountain.
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Persons:
—, Aurélien Houard, Appliquée, they'd, Houard, Jean, Pierre Wolf, Benjamin Franklin, we've, Wolf, Houart
Organizations:
Service, EPFL, University of Geneva, Polytechnique, Street, Nat, CNN, Street Journal, Photonics
Locations:
Swiss, EPFL, Switzerland, France, Germany, Säntis