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Thunderstorms create antimatter


Pali

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Well, I guess it's a good thing thunderstorms produce so much hydrogen and oxygen.

Just in case anyone was getting the idea they were being bombarded by gamma rays, no, the antimatter comes back into contact with the earth's atmosphere and there's a....hhmmm...how to say...neutralization. Antimatter collides with matter and all is normal if not less quantitative.

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For better information on gamma rays and antimatter, check Wikipedia - it's science articles tend to be pretty damned solid (a quick look over the sources should be sufficient to establish credibility).

I just thought this a pretty cool phenomenon... thunderstorms create antimatter above them due to gamma ray bursts caused by the crazy amounts of ionized energy released during them? Reality is freaking awesome.

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