Fiber-Optic Cables Pick up Lightning Signatures (VIDEO)

Penn State

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Tieyuan Zhu, assistant professor of geophysics, used underground fiber optic cables to track movement above ground at Penn State. Seismic data created by events such as lightning and vehicle traffic registered as movement within the fiber optic cable.

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David Kubarek, Penn State

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