Lightning strike
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lightning-strike-172-5095048
title:
Lightning strike
text:
A lightning strike or lightning bolt is a lightning event in which the electric discharge takes place between the atmosphere and the ground. Most originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and terminate on the ground, called cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning. A less common type of strike, ground-to-cloud (GC) lightning, is upward-propagating lightning initiated from a tall grounded object and reaching into the clouds. About 25% of all lightning events worldwide are strikes between the atmosphere and earth-b
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encyclopedia
description:
Electric discharge between the atmosphere and the ground
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_strike
date created:
2005-08-14T05:02:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:19:49Z
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