* Andy Farnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-05 23:33]: > > > You're spot on there. I will develop the stereo image as I work on > the environment model. > > But interestingly enough, lightning _is_ an explosion, one hell of > a big explosion. The plasma is as hot as the Sun for an instant and > that's why the air expands, the energy in a lightning bold makes most > bombs seem like little fireworks. The difference is, and this is > unusual, it radiates in a cylinder not a sphere, and sound comes > from a simultanoeus extent (because the bolt moves at the speed of > electricity which is closer to the speed of light than the speed of > sound)
Isn't the noise happening when the light/plasma channel is collapsing after the lightning happened? regards, Peter _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
