Why is lightning and other forms of electricity often blue?

Question

Does it have something to do with wavelengths of light?

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Answer 1

Because it is very hot. Hot objects glow, and as you go hotter and hotter, you move from red to orange to yellow towards a blue white. Lightning heats up the air to extremely high temperatures for a fraction of a second, resulting in a blue white light.

Answer 2

Because it is very hot. Hot objects glow, and as you go hotter and hotter, you move from red to orange to yellow towards a blue white. Lightning heats up the air to extremely high temperatures for a fraction of a second, resulting in a blue white light.