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How Lightning Works? Monday, March 24, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> General Science   
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Zeus's weapon has been cracked. Researchers say they have finally worked out how lightning forms, how it escapes the storm cloud that fosters it - and whether it will form a "bolt from the blue". The theory, which is backed by a computer model, is the first to explain all of the different types of lightning that exist – from regular cloud-to-ground lightning, to gigantic "jet lightning" that escapes up through the top of clouds, to "bolts from the blue", which can strike the ground. (source: newscientist.com)
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lightning is a very dangerous thing so im telling everyone to stay away from it please because i dont want anyone to be hert |
