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Experiments using extreem high speed Photography shows that lighting begins from the ground up. The real question is not what you can see. It is where are the electrical charges.

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Which of these is not a fact about lighting?

Lighting can only occur from cloud to ground.


Can lighting come from the ground?

Yes, lightning can come from the ground because the electrons want to go to the holes in the sky. Most people think that lightning comes from the clouds, but it doesn't. There is no electricity in clouds, only moisture.


Can lightning come from the ground, or does it only originate from the sky?

Lightning can come from the ground as well as from the sky. It can occur when a discharge of electricity happens between a cloud and the ground, or between two clouds.


Does lighting come from the round or no?

yes it does come from the ground lighting is an oxidized column of air, the ground being the negative pole, and the air being the positive pole. Like arching a big spark.


Does lightning travel from the sky to the ground or the ground to the sky?

Lightning typically travels from the sky to the ground. It is initiated by a downward-moving stepped leader from the cloud that is met by an upward-moving streamer from the ground, creating the visible lightning bolt.


Does lighting come from the ground?

There are 3 main places lightening can travel from. The ground to a cloud, a cloud to a cloud, and the cloud to the ground.


Does lightning come from the earth or the sky?

the sky is part of our atmosphere which is in earth so it comes from earth


Where does lighting begin?

Believe it or not, lightning actually begins in the ground and shoots up. However, this happens with such speed that it seems that it comes from the sky.


Does thunder come from the ground?

no it does not it comes from the sky THE THUNDA COMES FROM THA SKY@!


Is lighting ground to sky or from sky to ground?

There is much confusion over the "up" or "down" motion of lightning bolts, but in most cases it is initiated by the flow of negative ions in clouds to a positively charged point at another point (cloud or ground). What is referred to as "lightning" is a luminous path of superheated air caused by repeated current flows from the ground and the air. In certain cloud types, the interaction of ice and water (and possibly the Earth's magnetic field) creates a surplus of negatively charged particles, usually near the bottom of the cloud. Where the ground and objects below have accumulated positive charges, an electric discharge can occur. This is preceded by "step leaders" moving down from the clouds and "positive leaders" moving up from the ground. Where these streams come in contact, the negative ions flow to the ground, followed by a return flow of positive ions. This can occur multiple times in the same lightning strike.


What is Poseidon's weakness?

Anger and the sky


What were the booms and lighting in the sky on Kristi's birthday?

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