04.02.01 Northwest Ohio

Popocatepetl volcano

1st photo shows the ghostly white fluorescence while the 2nd shows the phosphorescent reaction after the UV light is removed.

TW: Blood (no gore)

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Dipteryx oleifera . . . stands about 30 percent taller than the rest of the trees and has a crown about 50 percent larger than others, almost as if it is an arboreal lightning rod.

All the struck D. oleifera trees survived lightning strikes, but 64 percent of other species died within two years. Trees surrounding D. oleifera were 48 percent more likely to die after a lightning strike than those around other species. In one notable die-off, a single strike killed 57 trees around D. oleifera “while the central tree is just happy and healthy,” Dr. Gora said. Lightning also blasted parasitic vines off D. oleifera trees.