I don't know whether you would call it prayer, but I often contemplate, become the sun - fired tree I gaze at, become the music while the music lasts, lose myself in the dancing lights of a wooded stream or the rosy tops of thunderclouds seen from the window of a rocketing 747. (religion-online.org)
Kasparian and Jean - Pierre Wolf, also at Geneva, are attempting to use plasma channels to control lightning strikes by firing laser pulses into thunderclouds. (newscientist.com)
Researchers have used powerful lasers to induce lightning in thunderclouds. (scientificamerican.com)