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'''Lightning''' is a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud (called intra-cloud lightning or IC), between that cloud and another cloud (CC lightning), or between a cloud and the ground (CG lightning). | [[File:Lightning_striking_the_Eiffel_Tower_-_NOAA.jpg|thumb| Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower, June 3, 1902, at 9:20 P.M. This is one of the earliest photographs of lightning in an urban setting.]]'''Lightning''' is a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud (called intra-cloud lightning or IC), between that cloud and another cloud (CC lightning), or between a cloud and the ground (CG lightning). | ||
The charged regions in the atmosphere temporarily equalize themselves through this discharge referred to as a strike if it hits an object on the ground, and a flash if it occurs within a cloud. | The charged regions in the atmosphere temporarily equalize themselves through this discharge referred to as a strike if it hits an object on the ground, and a flash if it occurs within a cloud. | ||
Lightning causes [[ | Lightning causes [[Light (nonfiction)|light]] in the form of plasma, and sound in the form of thunder. | ||
Lightning may be seen and not heard when it occurs at a distance too great for the sound to carry as far as the light from the strike or flash. | Lightning may be seen and not heard when it occurs at a distance too great for the sound to carry as far as the light from the strike or flash. | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Crimes against physical constants]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Rumbustious lightning]] | * [[Rumbustious lightning]] | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Electricity (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Light (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Physics (nonfiction)]] | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning Lightning] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning Lightning] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Concepts in physics (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Electricity (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Light (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Light (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:26, 31 August 2018
Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud (called intra-cloud lightning or IC), between that cloud and another cloud (CC lightning), or between a cloud and the ground (CG lightning).
The charged regions in the atmosphere temporarily equalize themselves through this discharge referred to as a strike if it hits an object on the ground, and a flash if it occurs within a cloud.
Lightning causes light in the form of plasma, and sound in the form of thunder.
Lightning may be seen and not heard when it occurs at a distance too great for the sound to carry as far as the light from the strike or flash.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Lightning @ Wikipedia