# What Are Lichtenberg Patterns? Lightning Strike Marks Explained

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- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:35
- Published: 2026-08-15
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/42go0bjjI9DC/en/what-are-lichtenberg-patterns-lightning-strike-marks-explained

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/42go0bjjI9DC/en/what-are-lichtenberg-patterns-lightning-strike-marks-explained) So a Lichtenberg pattern is the pattern that lightning makes when it strikes an object. Uh, you can search the internet for Lichtenberg patterns, and you'll usu- usually see a putting green on a golf course with the, uh, the flag that puts in where it marks the hole,

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/42go0bjjI9DC/en/what-are-lichtenberg-patterns-lightning-strike-marks-explained?t=13) right? That can be struck, and the pattern that emanates from it is a lightning strike, and it's called a Lichtenberg pattern.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/42go0bjjI9DC/en/what-are-lichtenberg-patterns-lightning-strike-marks-explained?t=20) That same pattern is found all over the Earth in these areas where there was giant lightning strikes.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/42go0bjjI9DC/en/what-are-lichtenberg-patterns-lightning-strike-marks-explained?t=29) For lack of a better term, giant lightning strikes.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/42go0bjjI9DC/en/what-are-lichtenberg-patterns-lightning-strike-marks-explained?t=32) Okay, so- And that is quite literally what happened