Lightning Basics
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Lightning Basics
Basic information about lightning, from the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory.
Nov 3, 2012
Lightning Strikes
Why Does Lightning Strike with Such Deadly Power? 🌩️⚡ Lightning is one of nature’s most unstoppable forces — a massive electric discharge caused by opposite charges between storm clouds and the ground. ⚡ When the charge builds beyond the air’s limit, electricity explodes through the sky at over 30,000°C — five times hotter than the Sun’s surface! ☀️ When lightning hits a tree, the sap vaporizes instantly, making the trunk explode from the inside. Airplanes get struck regularly but stay safe tha
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Why Does Lightning Strike with Such Deadly Power? 🌩️⚡ Lightning is one of nature’s most unstoppable forces — a massive electric discharge caused by opposite charges between storm clouds and the ground. ⚡ When the charge builds beyond the air’s limit, electricity explodes through the sky at over 30,000°C — five times hotter than the Sun’s surface! ☀️ When lightning hits a tree, the sap vaporizes instantly, making the trunk explode from the inside. Airplanes get struck regularly but stay safe tha
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