Struck By Lightning

Melanie Baxter aged 11 holds her hand on a Van Der Graaf generator which causes her hair to rise, while a dummy holding a golf club over his head is struck by lightning during a display at Melbourne's Scienceworks Museum on October 27. The display also shows a three metre long bolt of lightning, generated from nearly two million volts of electricity as the Museum's new Lightning Room show is opened and is used to teach children about its formation in clouds, what happens when it reaches the ground and what people can do to stay safe. PHOTO: AFP