LIGHTNINGLightning is a massive electrostatic discharge between the electrically charged regions within clouds or between a cloud and the Earth's surface. A lightning, or bolt, can be several miles long. It is so hot, with an average temperature of 34,000 Centigrade, that the air around it suddenly expands with a loud blast. This is the thunder we hear.Lightning occurs due to negative charges transfer (electrons) to the positive charges (protons).Scientists suspect jumps own electric sparks occur, there are several steps that are usually passed.The first is the compression of electric charge on the cloud question. Generally, it will accumulate at the top of the cloud is a negative electric charge; electricity in the middle is positively charged, while at the bottom is the negative charge that blend in with the positive charge.At the bottom of this ordinary lightning.Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms a type of cloud called cumulonimbus. When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture freezes and ice crystals and snowfl akes are formed. These begin to fall, turning to rain on the way down. This rain meets more moist air rising, and it is the friction between them which produces static electricity. When a cloud is fully charged with this electricity, it discharges it as a lightning flash.Lightning occurs approximately 4050 times a second worldwide, resulting in nearly 1.4 billion flashes per year. The science of lightning is calledfulminology, and the fear of lightning is calledastraphobia.

General StatementLightning is a massive electrostatic discharge between the electrically charged regions within clouds or between a cloud and the Earth's surface. A lightning, or bolt, can be several miles long. It is so hot, with an average temperature of 34,000 Centigrade, that the air around it suddenly expands with a loud blast. This is the thunder we hear.

Sequenced of Explanation Lightning occurs due to negative charges transfer (electrons) to the positive charges (protons).Scientists suspect jumps own electric sparks occur, there are several steps that are usually passed.The first is the compression of electric charge on the cloud question. Generally, it will accumulate at the top of the cloud is a negative electric charge; electricity in the middle is positively charged, while at the bottom is the negative charge that blend in with the positive charge.At the bottom of this ordinary lightning. Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms a type of cloud called cumulonimbus. When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture freezes and ice crystals and snowfl akes are formed. These begin to fall, turning to rain on the way down. This rain meets more moist air rising, and it is the friction between them which produces static electricity. When a cloud is fully charged with this electricity, it discharges it as a lightning flash.

ClosingLightning occurs approximately 4050 times a second worldwide, resulting in nearly 1.4 billion flashes per year. The science of lightning is calledfulminology, and the fear of lightning is calledastraphobia.