Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod in the early 1750s to help protect buildings from lightning by giving the electric charge a safe path to the ground!
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Weather scientists can predict when rainbows might appear by tracking both sunshine and rainfall patterns!
The main rainbow you see is called the “primary rainbow,” but sometimes you can spot a fainter (dimmer) second rainbow above it!
Characteristics & Features
Most lightning bolts are only a few miles long, but in rare cases lightning can stretch 60 miles (97 km) or more across the sky. Some “megaflash” lightning events have even stretched over 500 miles!
Rainbow prediction apps use information about the Sun’s position and local weather conditions to help people spot rainbows!