Lightning explodes across storms and powers the night sky
The Mini Page explains lightning as a rapid electrical spark in a thunderstorm, often appearing white or colored by conditions. It travels quickly, with bolts reaching up to five miles long, and is powered by immense voltage and current. Lightning brightness depends on dust and moisture, and distance is estimated by counting seconds between flash and thunder.
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Fulgurite Formation From Lightning in Sand Rises
Fulgurites form when lightning strikes sand rich in silica and fuses it into glasslike tubes or prisms. The term comes from fulgur meaning lightning. descriptions note formations in places like Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and Michigan, with bolt heat far exceeding the sun’s surface.
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Climate change speeds global rainfall shifts and floods
New Nature study finds water exchange between clouds land and ocean intensifying twice as fast as predicted. Rising temperatures drive moisture toward wetter regions, worsening droughts in some areas while fueling heavier rains and flood disasters elsewhere.
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