I highly recommend visiting the Museum of Science in Boston and attending a lightning show. https://www.mos.org/live-presentations/lightning
The lightning show (with Tesla coils) is absolutely wonderful.
The lightning show (with Tesla coils) is absolutely wonderful.
A fun tidbit about the giant Van de Graaff generators they have was that they were built by Robert Van De Graaff himself as part of early linear particle accelerator experiments.