Lightning is a giant electrical spark in the sky. Most of the lightning people see takes place between a cloud and the ground. But lightning also occurs within a cloud, between a cloud and the air, and between two clouds. When lightning occurs in the atmosphere, its electrical energy scatters in the air. This energy may damage airplanes traveling through it, but it does not cause harm on the ground. But lightning that strikes the earth may kill people or cause fire.
Lightning that strikes the earth consists of one or more electrical discharges called strokes. The bright light that we see in a flash of lightning is called a return stroke. Return strokes travel at about the speed of light, which is 186,282 miles per sec
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