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Lightning is an atmospheric ischarge of electricity, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. In the atmospheric electrical discharge, a leader of a bolt of lightning can travel at speeds of 60,000 m/s, and can reach temperatures approaching 30,000 °C (54,000 °F), hot enough to fuse soil or sand into glass channels. There are over 16 million lightning storms every year.

Trivia about lightning

  • Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds
  • The ball form of this weather phenomenon is also known as kugelblitz
  • In Native American myth, Thunderbird's beating wings cause thunder & his flashing eyes create this
  • St. Barbara's evil father was struck by this, & she now protects people from it
  • Copper's conductivity & cost make it the most common metal for the rod that guides this to the ground
  • Forms of this atmospheric phenomenon include forked, streak & ball
  • It strikes when electric potential in the atmosphere tops 10,000 volts per centimeter
  • Roy Sullivan, a park ranger, was struck by this a record 7 times & survived; his hair caught fire twice
  • "Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is" this "that does the work"
  • Thunder's partner(9)
  • This phenomenon begins with an invisible electric discharge called a stepped leader
  • Thor had a "flash"y home called Bilskirnir, a Norse word for this phenomenon
  • The return stroke for this weather event takes about 100 microseconds & its temperature is around 50,000 degrees
  • The forked type of this runs unobstructed between the clouds & the ground
  • This stormy natural phenomenon is a cause of significant amounts of nitrogen oxides
  • The final round in the NCAA Division III women's golf championships May 13, 2011--due to this
  • Natural phenomenon that causes the nitrogen & oxygen in the air to form nitrogen oxides
  • Still a scientific mystery, the ball type of this appears as a glowing sphere & has sometimes been seen in houses

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