Brain Post: How Lightning Shapes Mountains Lightning plays a big part in shaping mountains. Researchers studying Lesotho’s Drakensberg mountain range discovered 90 lightning strikes per square half mile. The above infographic explains how lightning shapes mountains. Basically, lightning hits mountainsides, at 50,000F, vaporizing water in cracks in the mountain’s cracks. The pressure from the vaporization of the water in the cracks […] Brains SnowBrains | January 10, 2014 1 Comment
Brain Post: How Tall Can Mountains on Earth Get? | Great Educational Video This video is a very educational 1 minute and 45 seconds of plate tectonics, gravity, rock density, erosion, history, geology, and Mars geography. To be honest, I’ve never heard any kind of discussion like this before. How tall can a mountain get on Earth? I figured they could get pretty tall. Especially considering Olympus Mons on Mars is 90,000 feet […] Brains Miles Clark | April 11, 2013 1 Comment
Brain Post: How a Sonic BOOM Works | Yes, A Bullwhip “Snap” is a Sonic Boom The sonic boom is something that most people have difficulty understanding. This difficulty arrises from the fact that it’s tough to visualize. We are gonna try to break it down for you in the simplest term with some visual cues to help it stick. (or just skip down to the NASA video that explains it well) THE SONIC BOOM: 1. […] Brains SnowBrains | April 10, 2013 2 Comments
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