ELi5: Why does the time between lightning striking and when you hear the thunder correlate to how far the lightning landed?
In: Physics
Light travels way faster than sound. If a lightning bolt is far away, the light will take a negligible amount of time to reach your eyes, but the sound will take really long in comparison. The further away the lightning is, the bigger this gap will be because of just how much faster light is than sound.
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