Myth or Fact? #26 - Lightning can strike from ground upwards
7 years ago in #science by timsaid (74)
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Cool series, I'll be sure to read up on part 1 to 24. Always been interested in the science behind things. Good job :-)
True!
Wow 😳 this is really exciting stuff to know. I honestly didn't wake up this morning knowing I'd learn this much about thunder & lighting. Here in Hawaii we don't really see lightning, definitely a whole bunch of rain and thunder but rarely any lightning lol ^_^ hey thanks for posting @timsaid ! Followed!
Thanks for the great feedback! I'm sure there are other things in Hawaii that I didn't see
Hey no problem ^_^ haha and yes probably so. Thanks for an awesome post!
Interesting read! Love tropical storms, with plenty of lighting activity
Managed to capture this in Perhentian Islands in northern Malaysia last 2016
I can't say the same for my town :D, but here we have lots of rainbows.
Oh yeah rainbows are the beezneez! 🌈😎
Resteemed. I love these. I look at the title and I'm like 'yeah yeah I know', then I open it and suddenly I know nothing. Great ideas ^__^
Great article, again! Wow, I have always been in awe of lightning and thunder since I was a little kid and keep on being amazed by their powers.
"During the discharge the air gets heat up to 30 000 degree Celsius and creates a plasma." Now, I guess, the question would be What is plasma? Knowing that the resulting effect of lightning heats up the ambient air hotter than the surface of the sun was also pretty darn cool a fact! ;)
Thanks again for the education, great clear schematics and videos. Namaste :)
Very interesting! Thank you for that! Good read!
In 20016 my friend was hit by a light he die in a sec i miss him...good post nice share
This is very sad. May he rest in peace
Thanks men.
never underestimate the power of mother nature..thanks for sharing
The stronger of all power
you are correct @timsaid. Even as unfair and brutal mother nature can be sometimes, its positivities is what gave life to our planet...we have to honor, love, respect and appreciate mother nature and yes do everything to support and give back to our environment...
Mind = Blown
Good choice of myth, I always asked myself as a child the same question :D
Really? That's awesome!
Pretty cool, if it comes up in a quiz I'll send u a tip! :)
This is a great article, explaining a difficult concept in a way that everyone can understand. Upvoted and followed.
That's what I try to achieve with Myth or Fact.
Thank you
Man! This looks AWESOME
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Yes very true indeed lighting can strike from the sky beacuse the electrons up need positive ones so they strike and take em up, but there is the other time when it strikes from the ground to the sky. Nice research very true indeed. Keep at it
i was not aware of this that light can strike from the ground as well thanks for the nice info...
Well as @Timsaid he included on his post, but as far as i know ground to sky is a positive lightning and there are 2 others as well the cloud to cloud and the other one part of cloud to another
Can we have a myth or fact about the spherical lighting too?
Sure!
This danger too be hit by one is everywhere ;)
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Lol, i already knew this was no myth, i have seen it happen, and as a physician i knew it was possible theoretically...
I never saw a ground-to-cloud strike. Would love to!
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@timsaid thats good article but its just a convention that charges travel from positive to negative actually inverse happens in reality
http://www.blueraja.com/blog/179/does-electricity-flow-from-positive-to-negative-or-from-negative-to-positive
This post Is awesome man, Thank you so much for sharing.
This is great! Thanks!!
Thunderstorms can be a very pleasant occurrence but frightening the same time. -- I agree!
People say -- when you are telling a lie, lightning will strike you. :D
You better take care!
I did t even know this was a myth.. In fact I didn't even know this was possible?!
lol :) That's cool!
woah, certainly didn't know about this one, nature is definitely one crazy dude!
Oh yes!
Wow never knew Thunder could be interesting !
It's even beautiful, right?
yes amazing ! please keep me updated !
Resteemed & followed dont mind me im new to this..Your article was interesting ☺ Ive been scared of lightening and thunder since i was a kid and i am 26 years old and still frights me lol @timsaid
Oh that happens :)
Having watched many thunderstorms and seen first hand lightning starting from the ground making a path.
Although I know most of the (short) answers to the questions, I really like to read the whole answer you present us with.
I'm a biology teacher in the Netherlands, so I hear a lot of misconceptions every day. If you want I can, if you ever run out of ideas, help you with inspiration.
And what about the lightning katatumbo?
Wow! you really struck me with that one!
No pun intended? Haha
Decide that for your self xD
wow! no way!
Thank you for great and understandable explanation, lighting alwas was a mystery for me.
oh my gosh! this is amazing.
Quite good article. I did not realize the act of the hail and ice crystals colliding is what makes the Charge within the clouds.
(when you stated, "This causes the cloud to have a negative charge at the bottom and a positive charge at the top" )
Certainly was enthralled by the #VIDEO of Upward lightning - at 1 Min. 49 Seconds in, it kind of looked like a Tree .
Also, appreciated your 'Myth or Fact' fun facts. Thanks for pausing out of yr day to provide us entertainment
This explains a lot I once saw lightning strike in my homeland and it was the most terrifying thing I've ever seen, never really knew any of this before.
I know I have seen photos of the tiny sparks of lightening forming on the ground before they leap into the sky. Can't find an example on the web just now.
I know what you mean :)
I'm scared of lightning. I lost my freind to lightning.
Just got up from bed with a thunderbolt...where I come from we have two major seasons..rainy and dry seasons...as such since its more of rainforest ...we get a lot of thunder & lightning...your post is a great eye opening on what really happens...upvoted and following g already...keep it up..tks
Awesome article Tim. I talk about this often :D
The earth is a giant battery/ fuel cell. A big enough charge difference creates an arc of lightning. Solar energy stirs shit up and boom! God's super welder!!!
Thanks for the great feedback!
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this is really exiting. this will really help in the long run. thanks for sharing this fact with us....
Amazing how much energy can be stored in water vapor and little ice crystals.
This is fascinating, Really didn't knew that lightning can go from ground to air also.
By the this is one of the very few myth or fact questions, where answer is yes!!!! ;)
What kind of sorcery is this?!?!?!?!
upvoted, and followed too, can u too?
that is some goood info
Hi! Thanks for the amazing posts :) If I could give a sugestion for a future post: Myth or Fact: Living near a Cell Phone Tower will give you cancer. Would really love to know the truth behind cell phone towers, are they harmless or is there any danger to constant exposure? ;) Anyway, thanks for your great work!