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World Service,1 min

Making tiny lightning bolts

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Rhys Phillips, engineer at Airbus Group Innovations, shows presenter Marnie Chesterton how to make tiny bolts of lightning with a Van de Graaff generator. (Image: Lightning being produced with a 'Van de Graaff generator'. Credit: Getty Images)

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