Lightning Striking The Eiffel Town

When lightning strikes the Eiffel Tower, the lightning is directed through the tower's rods and wiring into the ground, preventing any damage to the structure or threat to the public.

Since its construction in 1889, the Eiffel Tower has been struck by lightning an average of 5 times a year, according to the official website. So, seeing images like the ones circulating yesterday is not as rare as you might think. With over 300 meters of iron stretching towards the sky, the Eiffel Tower basically acts like a giant lightning rod.

The Eiffel Tower gets struck by bolts of lightning around 10 times a year, according to Meteo France. Lightning struck the Eiffel Tower in Paris on May 28, 2018. meteo-paris.com via Storyful

M any travelers come to the famous quotCity of Lightsquot to see the Eiffel Tower beautifully lit up at night, but this week they got a light show they didn't expect. Paris and nearby areas were put on storm alert this past Monday due to a nationwide stormfront, and some observers captured the dramatic moment when lightning struck the Eiffel Tower.. De l'orage sur Paris ce soir et la

This is the electrifying moment a lightning bolt shoots straight through the Eiffel Tower after hitting its highest point. The iconic landmark was illuminate

As a follow up to yesterday's post, take a look at this amazing picture that was taken by M.G. Lopp on June 3, 1902 at 930 p.m., when lightning struck the Eiffel Tower! I love lightning photography. With today's advanced cameras, we're able to see in more sharp detail how lightning looks in the fraction of a second when it strikes.

English Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower, June 3, 1902, at 920 P.M. This is one of the earliest photographs of lightning in an urban setting In quotThunder and Lightningquot, Camille Flammarion, translated by Walter Mostyn Published in 1906.

The Eiffel tower and lightning have a long history. Since its birth in 1889, the monument has quotattractedquot lightning during storms - there are on average 5 impacts every year. And yet, this doesn't affect it, and it doesn't pose any risk to the public either. When lightning strikes occur elsewhere than on the lightning conductors of

Obviously, lightning struck the Eiffel Tower countless times, but each time the lightning rods are hit, and fortunately because otherwise the damage would be considerable, including human injuries. Tower during the summer, entirely different from the corresponding variation at the central office, offers the most striking analogy with the

Lightning strikes the Eiffel Tower on June 3 1902. During a lightning strike, the presence of electrical charges on the tops of prominent objects such as tall buildings and trees enhances the electric field formed by the stepped leader. The current flowing between the two oppositely-charged fields creates the electrical discharge.