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priscilla 1Slow Motion Lightning
February 26th 2010 01:51
Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, 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 (130,000 mph), and can reach temperatures approaching 30,000 °C (54,000 °F), hot enough to fuse silica sand into glass channels known as fulgurites which are normally hollow and can extend some distance into the ground. There are some 16 million lightning storms in the world every year.
Sourced from imgbit.com, below is a slow motion gif of a lightning strike.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Lightning.
Sourced from imgbit.com, below is a slow motion gif of a lightning strike.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Lightning.
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