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Strange lightning bolt

#1 Postby Jim Cantore » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:23 am

Disclaimer: I did not take this picture

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#2 Postby Aquawind » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:11 pm

Good example of cloud to ground... or should I say ground to cloud.. I beleive lightening like this is actually initiated from the ground and moves upwards.. something like that.. maybe someone else can clarify.. Cloud to cloud of course is not..
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#3 Postby Aslkahuna » Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:36 pm

The inital flood of electrons is from the cloud down but the visible discharge (what we see and photograph) is from the ground up.

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#4 Postby Aquawind » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:50 am

Thanks for the clarification!
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