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 ...

Ordinary glass is made by melting silica, the main component of sand ... fleeting power of lightning in a solid, lasting form. Colors and Variations: Nature’s Glass Art The color and appearance ...

All it takes is a flash. Lightning strikes the ground, creating temperatures of more than 3,000 degrees. The sand around the lightning strike fuses together, and fulgurite is formed. Not every ...

Art is magic, the gods explained, and magic for mortals is a sometime thing. The sand-painting on this page ... Each god is laced with zigzag lightning, haloed with plumes of the red-tailed ...