Lightning is one of the worlds most beautiful phenomenon's. Lightning is produced when the friction in the cloud starts to charge parts of the cloud (top c proton, bottom c negative). As the clod approaches earth objects on the surface become negatively charged. Since negative and positive charges attract, the negative charge moves towards the ground just as the positive charge from the ground moves up to meet it. Objects on the ground reach out to the cloud by a positive "streamer." From this meeting an electrical discharge happens several times, this produces lightning and thunder. This discharge is natures way of trying to neutralize the charge separation. The most normal time for it to happen is when the earth's surface becomes warmed.
There are many different types of lightning each with its own special look. Here are just a few of God's wonders:
This type of lightning is very unusual. It is not very often caught in a picture or should I say never, that is how rare this mysterious type of lightning is. It appears during thunders
by lightning because it hit a tree and no one was there to put out the fire quick enough.
Lightning has caused several hundred million dollars in damage to homes, businesses,
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