This is called thunder, and results from a rapidly expanding pressure wave, as a narrow column of air is heated to thousands of degrees by the lightning's electrical energy.
If you hear the thunder almost at the same time as the lightning flash - the storm is directly overhead. Usually - the sound of thunder arrives a few seconds after the lightning, because light travels much faster than sound.
Lightning and thunder are phenomena that happen simultaneously but are observed at different times due to the difference in speed of light and sound. Light travels faster than sound, so we see the lightning flash first and then hear the thunder that follows it later.
You don't see thunder. You hear thunder. You hear thunder after seeing the lightning because light travels faster than sound. The further the storm away is, the bigger the time between when you see the lightning and hear the thunder.
Light travels faster than sound, so the light from the lightning reaches our eyes almost instantly, whereas the sound of thunder takes longer to reach our ears because it travels slower. This difference in speed results in the flash of lightning being seen before the accompanying thunder is heard.
You are approximately 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles) away from the lightning strike. Sound travels at about 343 meters per second, so by dividing the time gap of 13.9 seconds by the speed of sound, you can calculate the distance.
The sound following the flash of lightning is thunder. Thunder is caused by the rapid expansion and contraction of air surrounding the lightning bolt, creating a sonic shockwave that we hear as a loud rumbling noise.
Thunder is the sound produced by lightning as it rapidly heats and expands the air. It is not a flash like lightning, but rather the result of the shock wave created by the sudden expansion of the air.
The thunder is the sound of lightning but you only hear the thunder after the flash because lightning is faster than the speed of sound.
A lightning flash travels at the speed of light. The sound of thunder travels much slower. Therefore, we see the flash before we hear the thunder.
Yes - since light travels faster than sound, you will see the lightning flash before hearing the sound of the thunder.
If you hear the thunder almost at the same time as the lightning flash - the storm is directly overhead. Usually - the sound of thunder arrives a few seconds after the lightning, because light travels much faster than sound.
If thunder and lightning occur together close to you, you are dangerously close to a lightning bolt.
If thunder and lightning occur together close to you, you are dangerously close to a lightning bolt.
In simple terms... light travels much faster than sound. We see the lightning flash first, followed by the sound when it finally reaches us
Lightning and thunder are phenomena that happen simultaneously but are observed at different times due to the difference in speed of light and sound. Light travels faster than sound, so we see the lightning flash first and then hear the thunder that follows it later.
not if you are standing far enough away and not at all the sound of the lightning is thunder but if you were standing directly underneath it the sound would come at the exact moment of the light
Lightning Flash was created in 1983-06.