<![CDATA[Northern Highland #Scotland folk: if you live near a beach it could be worth looking for fulgerite tomorrow, patches of sand that have been hit by lightning.]]>Northern Highland folk: if you live near a beach it could be worth looking for fulgerite tomorrow, patches of sand that have been hit by lightning. If you (very gently, they're fragile!) dig down you may find a branch-like structure where the lightning fused the sand into a kind of glass. Rare, special thing to find.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/Janet_52square/statuses/116815352684486687https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/Janet_52square/statuses/116815352684486687Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:00:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Northern Highland #Scotland folk: if you live near a beach it could be worth looking for fulgerite tomorrow, patches of sand that have been hit by lightning. on Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:43:52 GMT]]>@_thegeoff Fulgurites are so cool.

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Lightning strikes also leave a permanent radiating structure in the soil that is visible in magnetometry. Those have confused many archaeologists since the tech became available.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://archaeo.social/users/mrundkvist/statuses/116815033688926747https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://archaeo.social/users/mrundkvist/statuses/116815033688926747Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:39:18 GMT