10 fast facts about lightning
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mercredi, 7 avril 2021 à 11:10 - Lightning is a common occurrence during spring and summer. Here are 10 lesser-known facts about the phenomenon.
1) There are three main forms of lightning: cloud to ground, cloud to cloud and intra-cloud lightning. Most of us are familiar with the classic ‘fork lightning’ (cloud to ground) or ‘sheet lightning’ (cloud to cloud). But there are other, rare forms of the phenomenon that lucky weather watchers may get to see. These include ball lightning, where a white or coloured sphere of light is seen; ribbon lightning, where a lightning bolt appears to spread out horizontally in ribbons or streaks, and pearl-necklace – or chain – lightning, where the discharge of light has an appearance of pearls on a string.