LAKE WALES, Fla – Take a look at these amazing glass fossils right here in Florida formed during lightning strikes. Florida’s is struck by lightning more than any state in the U.S. and when the bolt ...

Some social media users are sharing a photo they claim shows a fulgurite – a glass structure that can be created when lightning strikes sand or rock. The photo shows an elaborate sand structure on a ...

A team of researchers has discovered a new mineral accidentally created by a lightning strike or a downed power line in a wind-created dune in the Sand Hills of north central Nebraska. The discharge ...

Fulgurite: A glassy, root-like hollow tube formed when lightning strikes sandy soil. The intense heating of the current passing down into the sand along an irregular path fuses the sand. Concurrently, ...