Lightning is an electric current.
Why do we have lightning.
What we see as a flash of lightning may actually be four different strokes in exactly the same place one right after another.
Look for darkening skies flashes of.
Most lightning occurs within the clouds.
This discharge may produce a wide range of electromagnetic radiation from very hot plasma created by the rapid movement of electrons to brilliant flashes of.
Keep an eye at the sky.
Have you ever got a static electricity shock.
When lightning is made the same thing happens but on a much bigger scale.
This warm air.
To make this electric current first you need a cloud.
Evaporation is the process by which a liquid absorbs heat and changes to a vapor.
Or seen sparks when you take off your jumper.
How does lightning form.
When the ground is hot it heats the air above it.
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Lightning begins with a process that s less mysterious.
To fully understand how the water cycle works we must first understand the principles of evaporation and condensation.
That s why lightning appears to flicker.
Lightning is an electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the ground or within the clouds themselves.
Energy from a lightning channel heats the air briefly to around 50 000 degrees fahrenheit much hotter than the surface of the sun.
This causes the air to explode outward.
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