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An example of simile in science journalism:
"Dubbed 'fossilized lightning', fulgurites are tubes of fused material created when a large electrical current travels through sand."
Physics World
Sam Jarman (2023) 'Quasicrystal found in 'fossilized lightning', Physics World
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Author: Keith
Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.
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