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Phillip Power's avatar

- Hi Bob, well, I googled the Matsumoto reference #77, which looks like a particularly useful one: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/829469/metrics#metrics

- but it is paywalled.

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You mention how in a lightning strike, there's an evo travelling first and then it connects and discharges through.

I found a great video showing this event in slow motion. https://youtu.be/qQKhIK4pvYo?t=300

To me, it looks exactly like a mould looking for food, then finding it and strengthening the shortest path for maximal efficiency.

Here's an example of a mould in timelapse. https://youtu.be/GY_uMH8Xpy0?t=28

So amazing how those structures behave the same despite being in the opposite sides of the speed spectrum.

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