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Large bolts of positive lightning can carry up to 120 kA and 350 C. The average positive ground flash has roughly double the peak current of a typical negative flash, and can produce peak currents up to 400 kA and charges of several hundred coulombs.
Dec 18, 2017 · A bolt from the blue (sometimes called ‘anvil lightning’ or ‘anvil-to-ground’ lightning) is a name given to a cloud-to-ground lightning discharge that strikes far away from its parent thunderstorm. It typically originates in the highest regions of a cumulonimbus cloud, travelling a good distance horizontally away from the thunderstorm ...
Aug 18, 2023 · A lightning bolt or strike is a bright flash that occurs due to the instant, powerful electrical discharge of a high-voltage current between two points in a thundercloud. This violent release occurs during a thunderstorm between a cloud and the ground, two different clouds, or within a single cloud.
May 5, 2022 · If you've ever shocked yourself on a doorknob after walking across a carpet in your socks, you experienced the pop of a tiny lightning bolt. Static electrical charge builds up whenever two objects rub together, and in the case of lightning, the objects are moisture molecules and ice crystals in clouds.
Jul 1, 2024 · Lightning, the visible discharge of electricity that occurs when a region of a cloud acquires an excess electrical charge, either positive or negative, sufficient to break down the resistance of air. It can occur within the cloud, between clouds, between the cloud and the air, or between the cloud and the ground.
Jan 12, 2024 · When a channel of air (known as a “step leader”) opens up between the two layers, a near-instantaneous discharge of electrons and ions flows from one side to the other. This is what we know as lightning.
See lightning strikes in real time across the planet. Free access to maps of former thunderstorms. By Blitzortung.org and contributors.
Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon—about 100 strike Earth’s surface every single second—yet their power is extraordinary. Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts ...
Lightning is a gigantic electrical spark. A spark that can be 5 miles (8 kilometers) long. It would take up to 80 million car batteries to equal the power of one thunderbolt.
