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Raging Planet: Upward Lightning

Experience lightning up close and personal.

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Discovery Channel Clips

  • Play Raging Planet: Upward Lightning
    Upward Lightning

    Raging Planet (02:16)

    Watch the footage that astounded the world of lightning science as bolts of light grow upward.
  • Play Raging Planet - Fire: Three Types of Wildfires
    Three Types of Wildfires

    Raging Planet - Fire (01:56)

    Learn about the three main types of wild fires.
  • Play Raging Planet: The Most Active Volcano on Earth
    The Most Active Volcano on...

    Raging Planet (02:08)

    Mount Kilauea, the most active volcano on Earth, constantly releases molten lava into the nearby water. Watch the shocking event unfold in this slow-motion footage!
  • Play Raging Planet: Earthquake Landslide
    Earthquake Landslide

    Raging Planet (01:54)

    Is any distance away from a volcano safe? Find out when an earthquake causes one of the largest landslides in recorded history on Mount St. Helens.
  • Play Raging Planet: The Safest Place?
    The Safest Place?

    Raging Planet (02:04)

    Is it safest to be inside a car when a lightning storm hits?
  • Play Raging Planet: The Most Dangerous Volcano
    The Most Dangerous Volcano

    Raging Planet (02:05)

    Watch the story of Mount Vesuvius, the most dangerous volcano in the world, and find out what the future holds for Mount Stromboli.
  • Play Raging Planet: Monster Volcano
    Monster Volcano

    Raging Planet (01:49)

    In the past 300 years, 16 villages have been destroyed by the molten hot lava pouring out of Mount Etna. What will the unpredictable volcano do next?
  • Play Raging Planet: Birth Of A Bolt
    Birth Of A Bolt

    Raging Planet (02:09)

    How are lightning bolts born?
  • Play Raging Planet: Making Lightning
    Making Lightning

    Raging Planet (02:07)

    Find out how lightning is made in this shocking footage.
  • Play Raging Planet: Ring of Fire
    Ring of Fire

    Raging Planet (01:38)

    A volcano in Japan roars into life, suffocating 43 people with its flaming hot gases.
  • Play Raging Planet - Fire: Air Support
    Air Support

    Raging Planet - Fire (01:52)

    Firefighters battle wildfires from the air as well as the ground.
  • Play Raging Planet - Fire: Ground Forces
    Ground Forces

    Raging Planet - Fire (02:36)

    See what kind of ground forces it takes to battle Mother Nature.
 

Watch Raging Planet video! Learn about the science behind some of nature's craziest weather phenomena, and get an up-close look at tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and more.

 
 

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