I’ve always been fascinated by thunderstorms. Can someone explain why we see lightning before we hear thunder, and what exactly causes both of these phenomena?
In: Physics
When you rub your feet on a carpet you build up static electricity. When you get close enough to metal, you get the spark and the sound of a little pop.
Your body is the storm and the metal is the Earth, the spark is lightning and thunder is the pop of the spark.
The storm builds static electricity on a massive scale then releases it on something that’s close enough, whether it’s other parts of the cloud, it the Earth.
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