Why does lightning sometimes not strike the ground?

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My understanding of lightning is that it is to solve an imbalance of electrons between earth & ground. If this is the case, why do some strikes hit airborne objects and such that can’t be “grounded”?

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The charge is constantly looking to be discharged. As soon as it finds a place to go, it goes. It doesn’t care if that place also has nowhere else to go.

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