Eli5: how does lighting produce sound?
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The discharge turns a column of air into plama state…hot as a MoFo.
This causes a big/fast expansion of the it and nearby air.
This creates a powerful air compression wave.
BOOM!!
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Lighting can produce sound if the light switch is particularily loud or you’re using a tube which requires the electric field to ramp up before triggering the actual light effect. The electrical components doing that ramp up are audibly crackling.
Lightning, on the other hand, has been well explained by u/BrunoGerace.
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