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THE photographic method of studying the luminous processes in the lightning discharge requires the shutter of a Boys or similar camera to be open before the flash occurs, and hence has hitherto been used only at night. Since the majority of land thunderstorms occur by day, I have for some years been trying various methods of recording lightning in the presence of daylight.
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SCHONLAND, B. Photography of Lightning in Daytime. Nature 141, 115 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141115a0
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