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the most powerful lightning bolt contains about 950 billion volts but it wouldn't be anything natural it would be the bolt that haarp discharges from the ionosphere of the earth vaporizing anything and anyone that sees it, and also everything around it for thousands of miles.

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What is the Latin word for lightning bolt?

Fulmen is the Latin word for lightning bolt.


When was ...Like a Bolt of Lightning created?

...Like a Bolt of Lightning was created on 2004-10-12.


How much voltage is produced in thunder?

Thunder does not involve voltage, thunder is a sound wave produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by the current flow in a lightning bolt. This current flow is several million amperes!A lightning bolt is produced when the voltage between a cloud and ground or between two clouds is high enough to trigger an ionization cascade in the air between them. This voltage is several million volts!The total power dissipated in each lightning bolt is several million million watts or several trillion watts!


How many Gigawatts are in a lightning bolt?

That depends. The average lightning bolt peaks at the terawatt range, so at least 1000 gigawatt and above. However, this only occurs in microseconds; around 30 microseconds or so for normal lightning strikes. That's a really short duration; 1 second equals 1,000,000 microseconds. Some say that the strongest EARTH based lightning is around 100,000 gigawatts at their peak; we don't really know since each lightning bolt tends to vary in power, and thousands occur everyday, making it impossible to track them all. If you're looking for the strongest lightning bolt in the UNIVERSE, that would be even more impossible to calculate since lightning storms in places like Saturn are easily thousands of times stronger than their Earth based cousins.


What is the difference between sheet lightning and a lightning bolt?

Sheet lightning is when a lightning bolt is obscured by clouds and only illuminates the cloud layer, creating a diffuse light. A lightning bolt is the visible discharge of electricity between clouds or between a cloud and the ground, typically following a distinct path.

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What is the maximum amount of volts of electricity that upper atmospheric lightning bolts can produce?

This form of lightning bolt can produce as much as 10 times the amount of a normal lightning bolt which 1 billion volts of electricity. That means that this type of lightning bolt can produce upto 10 billion volts of electricity.


How many volts are there in thunder?

A typical lightning bolt carries a charge of about 300 million volts. However, thunder itself is not made up of volts, it is the sound created by rapidly expanding air heated by the lightning discharge.


What is the exact amount of power that a bolt of lightning possesses?

The exact amount of power in a bolt of lightning can vary, but on average, it can carry about 1 billion volts of electricity and up to 300 kilowatt-hours of energy.


How much power is in one strike of lightning?

this depends on what you are asking, exactly. the actual measurement of power is very different than if you were asking how many volts are in a bolt a lightning. please clarify your question so we know how to answer.


How many watts are in a bolt of lightning?

A bolt of lightning can generate up to 1 billion watts of power.


How many watts are in a lightning bolt?

A lightning bolt can carry up to 1 billion watts of power.


How many watts is a lightning bolt?

A lightning bolt can produce up to 1 billion watts of power.


How powerful lightning bolt?

Lightning bolts are very powerful, some more than others. The typical lightning bolt contains 15 million volts of electricity and heats the air up around 60,000 degrees.Let's just say, that if a mortal were to touch it... they would explode. :)


How powerful is lightning bolt?

Lightning bolts are very powerful, some more than others. The typical lightning bolt contains 15 million volts of electricity and heats the air up around 60,000 degrees.Let's just say, that if a mortal were to touch it... they would explode. :)


How much electricity does the lightning bolt at Questacon use?

The lightning bolt exhibit at Questacon uses about 500,000 volts of electricity to create a visible lightning strike in a controlled environment. This demonstration helps visitors understand the power and force of lightning in a safe and educational setting.


How many miles long is an average bolt of lightning?

An average bolt of lightning is about 5 miles long.


How many joules are typically released in a lightning bolt?

A typical lightning bolt releases about 1 billion joules of energy.