Heat lightning
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heat-lightning-168-6082854
title:
Heat lightning
text:
Heat lightning is a misnomer used for the faint flashes of lightning on the horizon or other clouds from distant thunderstorms that do not appear to have accompanying sounds of thunder. The actual phenomenon that is sometimes called heat lightning is simply cloud-to-ground lightning that occurs very far away, with thunder that dissipates before it reaches the observer. At night, it is possible to see the flashes of lightning from very far distances, up to 100 miles (160 km), but the sound does n
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encyclopedia
description:
Distant cloud-to-ground lightning
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_lightning
date created:
2003-06-05T19:56:49Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T20:40:30Z
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