Sure he does, but was it really understood to not be the case, making an explanation of the difference necessary? Maybe I just had good teachers, whom I can credit for my assumption that the difference was already pretty obvious?
Electricity doesn‘t always take the path of the lowest resistance. It takes every path, but highly concentrated on the path with the lowest resistance. I’m sure it differs from area to area (and school, education, intelligence,…..), what people think and say/teach. Where I live most uneducated people, even most older teachers from non-technical schools, think and teach, that electricity always takes the shortest path. Pretty sad for one of the most developed countries. In an homogenous already ionized material, like a plate of metal, the shortest path thing isn‘t that false, except that electricity flows almost entirely on the surface.
My mom told me a story about a girl in a field playing soccer when she was a kid. She said her hair just stood straight up like someone was holding a balloon above her head so she started running. Within three or four seconds, lightning struck like 5 feet from where she was standing with no storms, just some clouds in the sky. Just a weird story, this reminded me of that because my mom was only 30 feet or so away and didn't feel anything. The girl apparently could feel it going through her, like a strong electrical pulse or something. She said it spooked all of them from playing for a while.
You ever ionize you hand by rubbing it on wool then run your hand over your arm? Hair stands up and follows your hand, it's the same thing with lightening in the sky.
She was feeling the ion trail as it formed. There is one in the cloud reaching down and one on the ground reaching up. When they connect the discharge occurs.
A good way to think of it is pushing your way through a crowd, you go this way, and that way as some folks are more willing to move than others, it's not well-planned it just sort of happens that way.
@@seraeirian2 yes exactly, but some folks may have a hard time making a mental picture of why the path of least resistence isn't a straight line, but most folks have encountered that randomness in moving through a crowd so it's a decent analogy for anyone who may not understand "path of least resistance" at first.
When designing high voltage electrical systems, we talk about both the "clearance" and the "creepage" distances. The first being the distance between conductors required, and the second being the distance along a surface of an insulator between conductors required. That's why the structures that hold high voltage wires to a pylon are ribbed: to increase the creepage distance
You sir have my dream job. Ultra high voltage electrical engineer. Surprised you didn't mention the rib shape of insulators as the arc follows that much longer path.
So can you answer me one question? Why is it, that the air around a piece of isolator is easier to ionize? I've got a few theories that would explain this,but i am not sure,which one is right, or if there os another. 1. on the surface of an isolator, there are Atoms with less bounds. So while they are bounded in the inside of the material, on the outside there are none. And thus in the inside of the material theres a slight partial negative charge, while at the outside theres a partial positive charge. Thus a electron could get attracted by the positive charge, if it gets near enough, and then jump from atom to atom. This might form a state similar to the electron gas in a electric conducter, and thus "comduct" electricity, which also helps electrons farther away to travel across the air,cause this first electron flow might also ionize the air to begin with. 2. If the electrons go across rhe rod,they cant go inside the rod, so the path is forced to be more streight, and not wiggled due to statistical movements of air molecules. Thus the path actually is shorter. 3. The whole surface might get electrostatically charged up like a capacitor (resistance might be high, but not infinity), and then this layer of electrons might conduct electricity. 4. It might be due to the roughness of the surface. So if a few electron can make it to a sharp point on the surface, there will be created a high electric field near it, which might easily ionize the air around it, for the electrons to jump to the next sharp point on the surface and so on. Buft then i wonder,why this is happening on smooth surfaces liks glass, too.
You should give physics lectures through demonstration like these. They will be the best lectures in the world. You are really great at explaining any difficult subject in easy understanding way.
Yeah an abundance of positives love an abundance of negatives, give it enough of each and you get an arc at a large scale. I am fairly new to the concept, but I also know the amperes rating of a human is far less than a healthy supply of - and + of this scale. The "Potential" (V) is there, the speed of charge (A) is various, but mostly fatal
I once left my classes and it was gonna be a 40 minute trip back home and suddenly the worst thunderstorm started, I was out in the open no trees , no buildings , just walking next to the highway , and first I took out my umbrella cuz I didn't wanna be wet , but a lighting strike happened only 23 steps away from me , the sudden light absolutely horrified me and I temporarily went blind for like 15 seconds , I instantly closed my umbrella shoved it in my bag and just said " oh well screw it I rather be wet then dead " and just started sprinting home , later I heard a firefighter truck and noticed off in the distance black smoke something was clearly burning and it just scared me even me , I never ran home faster in my life , when I got home I quickly just ran to the bathroom and started to squeeze all water from my clothes, those wet clothes felt like I was carrying very heavy bags I hope to never experience that again
It's a complete myth that lightning never strikes the same place twice. Tall buildings with lightning rods on top might be struck a hundred times in a year in some regions.
Electricity is weird lol, if you happen to be near an arc of that size you will get a piece of it but not all. Due to the fact that something like copper Is not acting like a medium to distract a good amount of charge
as Deleuze says ‘Lightning distinguishes itself from the black sky but must also trail it behind, as though it were distinguishing itself from that which does not distinguish itself from it’, Deleuze notes, defining difference as ‘this state in which determination takes the form of unilateral distinction’
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I've got a few theories that would explain this,but i am not sure,which one is right, or if there is another. 1. on the surface of an isolator, there are Atoms with less bounds. So while they are bounded in the inside of the material, on the outside there are none. And thus in the inside of the material theres a slight partial negative charge, while at the outside theres a partial positive charge. Thus a electron could get attracted by the positive charge, if it gets near enough, and then jump from atom to atom. This might form a state similar to the electron gas in a electric conducter, and thus "comduct" electricity, which also helps electrons farther away to travel across the air,cause this first electron flow might also ionize the air to begin with. 2. If the electrons go across rhe rod,they cant go inside the rod, so the path is forced to be more streight, and not wiggled due to statistical movements of air molecules. Thus the path actually is shorter. 3. The whole surface might get electrostatically charged up like a capacitor (resistance might be high, but not infinity), and then this layer of electrons might conduct electricity. 4. It might be due to the roughness of the surface. So if a few electron can make it to a sharp point on the surface, there will be created a high electric field near it, which might easily ionize the air around it, for the electrons to jump to the next sharp point on the surface and so on. Buft then i wonder,why this is happening on smooth surfaces liks glass, too.
I like to watch the live lighting maps on my weather tracking and have noticed the strikes hit the beaches and sand dunes more than anywhere else. This makes sense as the dust from the sands would allow for easier ionizing!
Lightning basically tries to find the path of least resistance as it travels down to the ground. It's not always a straight line because air is not a perfect mixture. There are fluctuations in temperature, humidity, pollutants, dust particles, etc. in the air, and so the resistance varies.
It's most likely to travel to certain molecules while moving through them, it's guaranteed to take that easiest ionization path, but the tip of the wave of function of those electrons is the path of least resistance if that makes sense .
I worked at a glass company making fiber optics, we weren't allowed to stick metal rods into the induction furnaces, of course because it would cause an arc and that would be the last time you ever did it, people there have died from that, so we would stick glass tubes up in there whenever we needed to instead.... seeing this video made me thankful I survived working there
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I just watched a video that show streamers rising from objects on the ground towards the lightning that help direct the path as well. Absolutely fascinating!
Lightning jumps down in some branched 50m (IIRC) steps called the stepped leader until a shorter similar one jumps up from the ground and they meet, creating a low resistance ionised path, usually eliminating the other branches.
I did a science fair project on lightning when I was in 1st grade, I got 1st place in my grade, in my subject, and in over all 1st grade of state. I love lightning.
This is because the electrons in the atmosphere become charged to a point where it is released as raw electricity. When this happens, it goes down a path that is more capable of sustaining a lightning strike, think of it as people migrating towards areas with more water because they require water to live. It's the same with lightning because it needs to follow the path that fits the conditions for the electrons to reach the target
Awesome, could you possibly do video on electricity and the human body? How skin makeup (dry, moist etc) and other factors determine how conductive the path is when shocked
I don't recall anyone ever saying electricity takes the shortest path. The saying is that electricity takes the path of least resistance. Which is misnomer because it takes all paths actually but current will gravitate towards the path of least resistance.
The weirdest thing about lightning is that when you film it with ultra-high slow motion, you will see that it builds up from the target to the source and not from the source to the target (you can find videos of that on RUclips). It’s because of some quantum effect. Always boggles the mind.
Lightening also comes from the ground, it just moves so fast that when don’t see it happening, with the right camera you can slow down the footage and see it moves up
Great video ! in a random addition to this demonstration If you shine an ultra violet light on the apparatus you can make the spark ark more easily a fascinating fact that discovered 18th century Electricians. Proving a distinct connection between light and Electricity
Good gravy. I always just accept the saying lightening takes the shortest path yet never bring to mind how not straight bolts of lightening always are.
This is why it’s important to clarify things don’t take the “shortest path” they take the path of least resistance. Which is the “shortest” by a different definition of short I guess, but not as intuitive
Path of lease resistance there is moisture and dust in the air and other stuff you are seeing it jump from these things also clean that glass I wonder if you clean it real good if u get it to go that far
*Search:* _hyperphysics lightning sequence_ ...for a nice breakdown of what's happening (e.g., the *return stroke* is the bright thing we usually associate with lightning)
Like with traffic. The shortest route could be heavy and slow moving traffic. But a longer route might only have a bit of traffic. So even though you're going to the same destination, it's easier to go the long route because it's the route of least resistance.
It takes the path of least resistance, thats why if you were to have two paths with a bulb on one, the electricity would mostly run through the one without a bulb
Well, shortest electrically speaking, not simply shortest distance. So, if you hold a metal needle, of course it will "prefer" the needle path to your fingers and not the air path if needle is pointed towards the source. Similarly in air, the conditions will vary and certain paths will provide lower resistance than others.
Wow, nice demonstration! This is how weather control works as well. They spray the sky to ionize the air and electronically charge the air over the area they are manipulating.
Si basically they don't take the shortest path, they take the path of least resistance, which is the fastest path... Which is the one that takes the least time to go through, the path in which it spends the least time moving...
I thought it was a heat thing! I had assumed that it took the path of least resistance, but the ionising air was hot enough that it also rose up (sort of like a jacobs ladder)
air molecules at the surface of the stick are a little less than randomly positioned, like magnets when aligned energy flows easier in certain directions, is my understanding of what is going on.
In practice, on the ground side they usually take the shortest path as usually the shortest are the paths with the least resistance, let's say tall trees and high raised buildings with lighting rods, antennas or other things like grounded railings, that's why it's extremelly rare to see a lighting striking a random guy walking in town. On the sky the lighting forms a path where the atmosphere is dense of the most conductive particles around and towards the ground, whatever those particles might be, as it seeks a low resistance pathway to earth. Thank me later.
The fact is that , nature always choose that path or do things in which the energy loss is minimum. You can see in every where i.e. free fall, electron movement, lightning and many more🙏
This is also the reason why scientists have started using strong laser beams to direct lightning. The photons from the beam create a path of least residence for the lightning to travel on. Allowing them to direct the electricity
Just like all things in natur, it takes the path of least resistance. I like to think of trees as really slow moving reverse lightning strikes, now its not the same but the same principle is true.
So basically I should hold a massive glass rod in the air during a storm.
And then stand far away from it
Yes, yes, yes exactly! Just make sure that life insurance policy is filled out well (for your children)!
I believe so. I have one now, and I'll let you know how it goes. 😆
Only if you need 21.1 jigawatts
something tells me you’re close to inventing lightning rods
I’ve never heard of the saying that lightning takes the “shortest path”. It’s always been the path of least resistance.
True, but in my head (and probably other's) I always thought least resistance = shortest path
To be fair, he does explain the difference.
Sure he does, but was it really understood to not be the case, making an explanation of the difference necessary? Maybe I just had good teachers, whom I can credit for my assumption that the difference was already pretty obvious?
Electricity doesn‘t always take the path of the lowest resistance. It takes every path, but highly concentrated on the path with the lowest resistance.
I’m sure it differs from area to area (and school, education, intelligence,…..), what people think and say/teach. Where I live most uneducated people, even most older teachers from non-technical schools, think and teach, that electricity always takes the shortest path. Pretty sad for one of the most developed countries.
In an homogenous already ionized material, like a plate of metal, the shortest path thing isn‘t that false, except that electricity flows almost entirely on the surface.
@@TB-wi3sq I've literally never heard or thought for a moment that it takes shortest path before. It clearly branches. I
Lightning, water, fire and politicians take the path of least resistance. Except politicians make the most damage.
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Everything changed when the political nation attacked
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We are just little baby electrons.
@@greenstarlover1i thought you said fire nation
Moral of the story:
Shortest path is not always the easiest
But it always takes the path of shortest time.
On the other hand, size doesn't matter.
It goes with the flow... Literally.
It is the flow. Wherever it goes the flow follows
Your notion of currents is plainly wrong.
@@SbF6H sho
@@armstrong9497 Your arms ain't strong enough man
@@SbF6H i know 😔
My mom told me a story about a girl in a field playing soccer when she was a kid.
She said her hair just stood straight up like someone was holding a balloon above her head so she started running. Within three or four seconds, lightning struck like 5 feet from where she was standing with no storms, just some clouds in the sky.
Just a weird story, this reminded me of that because my mom was only 30 feet or so away and didn't feel anything. The girl apparently could feel it going through her, like a strong electrical pulse or something. She said it spooked all of them from playing for a while.
Maybe it were aliens or the government who wanted to wipe her out with an ion beam.
thats what happens when lightning is about to strike where you are, nothing weird
Amazing. Thanks for sharing
You ever ionize you hand by rubbing it on wool then run your hand over your arm?
Hair stands up and follows your hand, it's the same thing with lightening in the sky.
She was feeling the ion trail as it formed. There is one in the cloud reaching down and one on the ground reaching up. When they connect the discharge occurs.
Instructions unclear: I held a big glass rod in air during a thunderstorm. That's how my previous life ended.
Sounds like an anime show title
You sure respawned quickly...
Did you see the respawn counter? Hopefully you quick saved beforehand?
Reincarnate in another world after getting hitted by freaking thunder
@@aqilaiman9739 with super powers
Some would call it, "the path of least resistance."
A good way to think of it is pushing your way through a crowd, you go this way, and that way as some folks are more willing to move than others, it's not well-planned it just sort of happens that way.
good analogy
So...the path of least resistance, which is how science describes this kind of movement relatively concisely.
@@seraeirian2 yes exactly, but some folks may have a hard time making a mental picture of why the path of least resistence isn't a straight line, but most folks have encountered that randomness in moving through a crowd so it's a decent analogy for anyone who may not understand "path of least resistance" at first.
Great analogy. The people are the air particles and you are the lightning.
I walk in straight line, move beach get out the way.
When designing high voltage electrical systems, we talk about both the "clearance" and the "creepage" distances. The first being the distance between conductors required, and the second being the distance along a surface of an insulator between conductors required. That's why the structures that hold high voltage wires to a pylon are ribbed: to increase the creepage distance
You sir have my dream job. Ultra high voltage electrical engineer. Surprised you didn't mention the rib shape of insulators as the arc follows that much longer path.
I thought it was ribbed for her pleasure.
I thought they were ribbed for her pleasure
So can you answer me one question?
Why is it, that the air around a piece of isolator is easier to ionize?
I've got a few theories that would explain this,but i am not sure,which one is right, or if there os another.
1. on the surface of an isolator, there are Atoms with less bounds. So while they are bounded in the inside of the material, on the outside there are none. And thus in the inside of the material theres a slight partial negative charge, while at the outside theres a partial positive charge. Thus a electron could get attracted by the positive charge, if it gets near enough, and then jump from atom to atom. This might form a state similar to the electron gas in a electric conducter, and thus "comduct" electricity, which also helps electrons farther away to travel across the air,cause this first electron flow might also ionize the air to begin with.
2. If the electrons go across rhe rod,they cant go inside the rod, so the path is forced to be more streight, and not wiggled due to statistical movements of air molecules. Thus the path actually is shorter.
3. The whole surface might get electrostatically charged up like a capacitor (resistance might be high, but not infinity), and then this layer of electrons might conduct electricity.
4. It might be due to the roughness of the surface. So if a few electron can make it to a sharp point on the surface, there will be created a high electric field near it, which might easily ionize the air around it, for the electrons to jump to the next sharp point on the surface and so on. Buft then i wonder,why this is happening on smooth surfaces liks glass, too.
wtf? I need someone to explain this
You should give physics lectures through demonstration like these. They will be the best lectures in the world.
You are really great at explaining any difficult subject in easy understanding way.
Absolutely devastated that he never said the path of least resistance 😔
Yeah an abundance of positives love an abundance of negatives, give it enough of each and you get an arc at a large scale. I am fairly new to the concept, but I also know the amperes rating of a human is far less than a healthy supply of - and + of this scale. The "Potential" (V) is there, the speed of charge (A) is various, but mostly fatal
Seriously, no one ever claims electricity takes the shortest path… cept the geys
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@@lookupverazhou8599 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥it's gone smooth....
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I once left my classes and it was gonna be a 40 minute trip back home
and suddenly the worst thunderstorm started, I was out in the open no trees , no buildings , just walking next to the highway , and first I took out my umbrella cuz I didn't wanna be wet , but a lighting strike happened only 23 steps away from me , the sudden light absolutely horrified me and I temporarily went blind for like 15 seconds , I instantly closed my umbrella shoved it in my bag and just said " oh well screw it I rather be wet then dead " and just started sprinting home , later I heard a firefighter truck and noticed off in the distance black smoke something was clearly burning and it just scared me even me , I never ran home faster in my life , when I got home I quickly just ran to the bathroom and started to squeeze all water from my clothes, those wet clothes felt like I was carrying very heavy bags
I hope to never experience that again
bro its a miracle you were able to survive
Exactly 23 steps? Are we talking like big steps or lil steps? 🤔
@@johngrant9452 just....steps !😅
btw thanks for sharing @CrimsonAkato...😮
The other thing that’s crazy to think about is, all of this happens in less than a millisecond.
So, lightning is likely to strike the same place twice if there has been no change to the ionization zone
Yes.
Yes, in fact it's pretty common for a single lightning flash (lasting about a second) to have 5-15 strikes to the same spot.
It's a complete myth that lightning never strikes the same place twice. Tall buildings with lightning rods on top might be struck a hundred times in a year in some regions.
Too, the *return stroke* is the brilliant thing we associate with lightning. Search: _hyperphysics lightning sequence_ for a nice breakdown.
@@danieljensen2626 Wouldn't it be closer to around 50 strikes per second?
The path of least... Resistance
Your resistance is futile.
- borg 1987
Danger zone
That was a good game
Lightning: "I think this specific dude's head is a better place to ionize than the tree beside him, for no apparent reason"
Electricity is weird lol, if you happen to be near an arc of that size you will get a piece of it but not all. Due to the fact that something like copper Is not acting like a medium to distract a good amount of charge
as Deleuze says ‘Lightning distinguishes itself from the black sky but must also trail it behind, as though it were distinguishing itself from that which does not distinguish itself from it’, Deleuze notes, defining difference as ‘this state in which determination takes the form of unilateral distinction’
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How does an insulator affect the conductivity of the air next to it? We need a separate video!
I've got a few theories that would explain this,but i am not sure,which one is right, or if there is another.
1. on the surface of an isolator, there are Atoms with less bounds. So while they are bounded in the inside of the material, on the outside there are none. And thus in the inside of the material theres a slight partial negative charge, while at the outside theres a partial positive charge. Thus a electron could get attracted by the positive charge, if it gets near enough, and then jump from atom to atom. This might form a state similar to the electron gas in a electric conducter, and thus "comduct" electricity, which also helps electrons farther away to travel across the air,cause this first electron flow might also ionize the air to begin with.
2. If the electrons go across rhe rod,they cant go inside the rod, so the path is forced to be more streight, and not wiggled due to statistical movements of air molecules. Thus the path actually is shorter.
3. The whole surface might get electrostatically charged up like a capacitor (resistance might be high, but not infinity), and then this layer of electrons might conduct electricity.
4. It might be due to the roughness of the surface. So if a few electron can make it to a sharp point on the surface, there will be created a high electric field near it, which might easily ionize the air around it, for the electrons to jump to the next sharp point on the surface and so on. Buft then i wonder,why this is happening on smooth surfaces liks glass, too.
I like to watch the live lighting maps on my weather tracking and have noticed the strikes hit the beaches and sand dunes more than anywhere else. This makes sense as the dust from the sands would allow for easier ionizing!
Lightning basically tries to find the path of least resistance as it travels down to the ground. It's not always a straight line because air is not a perfect mixture. There are fluctuations in temperature, humidity, pollutants, dust particles, etc. in the air, and so the resistance varies.
Man took a minute to just say "lightning takes the path of least resistance"
and this is what it's called teaching
I think you've never heard of the term 'Detailed' before. Well I guess it only makes sense.
I wouldn't understand anything if he just simply said that and left, but this demonstration actually made me understand
Looks like some dude didn't like that
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It's most likely to travel to certain molecules while moving through them, it's guaranteed to take that easiest ionization path, but the tip of the wave of function of those electrons is the path of least resistance if that makes sense .
The fact you still continue to find something interesting to record and let us see like everyday is so amazing. Thanks so much
RUclips came in clutch giving you the perfect auto generated thumbnail lol
What is that machine he has? Looks pretty neat and I would definitely buy one
Most probably "A Tesla coil"
I worked at a glass company making fiber optics, we weren't allowed to stick metal rods into the induction furnaces, of course because it would cause an arc and that would be the last time you ever did it, people there have died from that, so we would stick glass tubes up in there whenever we needed to instead.... seeing this video made me thankful I survived working there
I've always known it as taking the "path of least resistance" rather than the shortest. I know that this in itself is a simplified answer
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"Waffle House has found its new host"
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I just watched a video that show streamers rising from objects on the ground towards the lightning that help direct the path as well. Absolutely fascinating!
The Electroboom and The Slow Mo Guys collab dives so much deeper into this!
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Lightning jumps down in some branched 50m (IIRC) steps called the stepped leader until a shorter similar one jumps up from the ground and they meet, creating a low resistance ionised path, usually eliminating the other branches.
I did a science fair project on lightning when I was in 1st grade, I got 1st place in my grade, in my subject, and in over all 1st grade of state. I love lightning.
What a great example and amazing way to demonstrate.. It's very helpful 👍 Thank you
the surface it hits also makes a difference, large boulers attract lightning more than sand would but tall structures beats everything else.
Lightning often follows the tiny ionization paths created by cosmic rays. That's why they have straight portions that jump to other straight segments.
I don't ever remember lightning taking the shortest path always remember being taught that lightning takes the path of least resistance
This is because the electrons in the atmosphere become charged to a point where it is released as raw electricity. When this happens, it goes down a path that is more capable of sustaining a lightning strike, think of it as people migrating towards areas with more water because they require water to live. It's the same with lightning because it needs to follow the path that fits the conditions for the electrons to reach the target
Also, I'm amazed that you could let electricity touch you without feeling pain or at least reacting to it
Awesome, could you possibly do video on electricity and the human body? How skin makeup (dry, moist etc) and other factors determine how conductive the path is when shocked
I don't recall anyone ever saying electricity takes the shortest path. The saying is that electricity takes the path of least resistance. Which is misnomer because it takes all paths actually but current will gravitate towards the path of least resistance.
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The weirdest thing about lightning is that when you film it with ultra-high slow motion, you will see that it builds up from the target to the source and not from the source to the target (you can find videos of that on RUclips). It’s because of some quantum effect. Always boggles the mind.
Huh haven’t heard of that. There are multiple types of lightning though
"Lightening, travels in the path of least resistance". Thank you for the visual ❤❤
Lightening also comes from the ground, it just moves so fast that when don’t see it happening, with the right camera you can slow down the footage and see it moves up
no it doesn't lmao
Great video ! in a random addition to this demonstration
If you shine an ultra violet light on the apparatus you can make the spark ark more easily a fascinating fact that discovered 18th century Electricians.
Proving a distinct connection between light and Electricity
Imagine how quick lightning is to figure out all the variables for the easiest to ionize path.
Such processing powah!
Good gravy. I always just accept the saying lightening takes the shortest path yet never bring to mind how not straight bolts of lightening always are.
After thinking about it, how insane is it that earth just has literal plasma bolts from the sky! Pretty sick
This is why it’s important to clarify things don’t take the “shortest path” they take the path of least resistance. Which is the “shortest” by a different definition of short I guess, but not as intuitive
You gave me an answer I didn't know I was looking for. Well done
Path of lease resistance there is moisture and dust in the air and other stuff you are seeing it jump from these things also clean that glass I wonder if you clean it real good if u get it to go that far
Light also follows this concept, that's why it seems to change direction when it goes into water
*Search:* _hyperphysics lightning sequence_
...for a nice breakdown of what's happening (e.g., the *return stroke* is the bright thing we usually associate with lightning)
Like with traffic. The shortest route could be heavy and slow moving traffic. But a longer route might only have a bit of traffic. So even though you're going to the same destination, it's easier to go the long route because it's the route of least resistance.
We've never said it takes the shortest route but we've always maintained it takes the path with the least resistance
The only thing you forgot but depending on the ease of ionization the lightning spreads out in smaller bolts , in search of the easiest path to ionize
I thought this was gonna be a metaphor for living a creative life
Instructions unclear, I've just stuck a fork into a wall socket...
Everyone else: _Making perfect shorts loops_
ActionLab: "Gro-"
lightning bolts are like royalty.
they want a red carpet everywhere they want to strike.
It takes the path of least resistance, thats why if you were to have two paths with a bulb on one, the electricity would mostly run through the one without a bulb
Well, shortest electrically speaking, not simply shortest distance. So, if you hold a metal needle, of course it will "prefer" the needle path to your fingers and not the air path if needle is pointed towards the source. Similarly in air, the conditions will vary and certain paths will provide lower resistance than others.
Farther away. Further is time. Farther is distance.
This guy just casually getting lightning strikes on his finger. 🤣
AKA the path of least resistance. A fundamental concept in understanding electricity.
you could've just said "lightning takes the path of least resistance" and proceeded to explain resistance.
I've never heard of somebody who was so determined to not say least resistance
Me waiting for the cat vibing meme to be start on the Tesla coil ....💀
Wow, nice demonstration! This is how weather control works as well. They spray the sky to ionize the air and electronically charge the air over the area they are manipulating.
Si basically they don't take the shortest path, they take the path of least resistance, which is the fastest path... Which is the one that takes the least time to go through, the path in which it spends the least time moving...
I thought it was a heat thing! I had assumed that it took the path of least resistance, but the ionising air was hot enough that it also rose up (sort of like a jacobs ladder)
air molecules at the surface of the stick are a little less than randomly positioned, like magnets when aligned energy flows easier in certain directions, is my understanding of what is going on.
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In practice, on the ground side they usually take the shortest path as usually the shortest are the paths with the least resistance, let's say tall trees and high raised buildings with lighting rods, antennas or other things like grounded railings, that's why it's extremelly rare to see a lighting striking a random guy walking in town. On the sky the lighting forms a path where the atmosphere is dense of the most conductive particles around and towards the ground, whatever those particles might be, as it seeks a low resistance pathway to earth.
Thank me later.
It's like trying to get to the store, and there are 2 ways to go, over a steep hill, or around the hill, a lot of people are probably going around
Sparks work SMART 😂😂
As with almost all electrical activity, water can be used to explain it. In this case it's the path of least resistance.
The fact is that , nature always choose that path or do things in which the energy loss is minimum. You can see in every where i.e. free fall, electron movement, lightning and many more🙏
Path of Least Resistance
Thus the reason its called path of least resistance. Because of the nature of particles. that is never predictable or straight in air.
not to mention the metal umbrella and tree
This is also the reason why scientists have started using strong laser beams to direct lightning. The photons from the beam create a path of least residence for the lightning to travel on. Allowing them to direct the electricity
The path of the “least Resistance “ 😂
News flash: the "shortest path" does not refer to the shortest PHYSICAL path. It refers to the path of LEAST RESISTANCE.
They are not the same.
The "path of least resistance" type thing, it's too hard to go straight so it'll latch onto anything that's easy and work from there
the path of least resistance is not always the most direct. in many cases the fastest shortest route is more difficult and requires more energy.
For this who don't understand those fancy words. It's using the path of least resistance
It does take the path with the shortest distance, like how light always travels in a straight line gene when it bends
See man. I see lightning sparking my metal weapons, I switch to Ancient sword and Deku wood shield in my backpack and I'm all good - Link (BotW
this sound like the notion that something is flowing in a lightning flash... but it's likely not what people think it is.
That can lead to the way to store the energy from the lighting to be usable
The path of least Resistance. Lighting is afterall, Just electricity.
Basically you are even more unlucky if you get struck by lightning
Just like all things in natur, it takes the path of least resistance. I like to think of trees as really slow moving reverse lightning strikes, now its not the same but the same principle is true.