![Santa Cruz Biotechnology on X: "What lighting does to sand. Fulgurite: natural hollow glass tubes formed sand, silica, or soil by lightning strikes. http://t.co/X4a4W1eyTu" / X Santa Cruz Biotechnology on X: "What lighting does to sand. Fulgurite: natural hollow glass tubes formed sand, silica, or soil by lightning strikes. http://t.co/X4a4W1eyTu" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPst2TpUAAAbxKT.jpg)
Santa Cruz Biotechnology on X: "What lighting does to sand. Fulgurite: natural hollow glass tubes formed sand, silica, or soil by lightning strikes. http://t.co/X4a4W1eyTu" / X
![Sand Struck by Lightning Totally Looks Like Nightmares and Ice | Lightning strikes, Amazing nature, Sand art Sand Struck by Lightning Totally Looks Like Nightmares and Ice | Lightning strikes, Amazing nature, Sand art](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/12/67/50/1267503ca0e02ccca96bd27b0977535a.jpg)
Sand Struck by Lightning Totally Looks Like Nightmares and Ice | Lightning strikes, Amazing nature, Sand art
Manhattan Project National Historical Park - Fulgurites are also known as fossilized lightning. In reality, a lightning strike melts the sand and then fuses it. This fulgarite is in the dune field
![Can lightning really turn sand into glass? Meteorologist answers the 50,000-degree question | FOX8 WGHP Can lightning really turn sand into glass? Meteorologist answers the 50,000-degree question | FOX8 WGHP](https://myfox8.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2023/10/GettyImages-1438081434.jpg)
Can lightning really turn sand into glass? Meteorologist answers the 50,000-degree question | FOX8 WGHP
![Fulgurites: High-Glass Digs Where Lightning Goes To Die - WebEcoist | Fulgurite, Rocks and crystals, Rocks and gems Fulgurites: High-Glass Digs Where Lightning Goes To Die - WebEcoist | Fulgurite, Rocks and crystals, Rocks and gems](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bb/18/11/bb18110b9a4772356db32e2de2f92c15.jpg)
Fulgurites: High-Glass Digs Where Lightning Goes To Die - WebEcoist | Fulgurite, Rocks and crystals, Rocks and gems
![Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth | Nature Communications Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth | Nature Communications](https://media.springernature.com/m685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-021-21849-2/MediaObjects/41467_2021_21849_Fig1_HTML.png)