What happens to land when lightning strikes?

Answer 1

When lightning strikes the ground, it creates Clinkers. These are carbon deposits similar to glass that form the structure of a tree, with loads of branches spliting off from the main trunk. The carbon (or glass) is formed due to the high temperature focused on the point where the lighting bolt earths into the ground. The sand and other minerals in ground are liquified where the electricity passes through. Clinkers can often be found and bought in good gem stores.

Answer 2

When lightning hits the ground, the nitrogen gas in the air is converted into a simpler form of nitrogen which can be used by plants. Because of the lightnings charges it hits the ground to be grounded (neutralised), because the ground is a bank of electrons. that's why you see the tall pole in high buildings, its because the lightning will hit anything high enough to be neutralised (anything that's close to the skies). these poles are conected to the ground with wires so if lightning hits the poles the wires will conduct the electrons and will place them in the ground.

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Answer 3

The strike area is touched by an electrical current, the ground would be burnt. A lightning bolt is 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, fours times as hot as the sun's surface. So it is very likely that the immediate area would be scorched.

Answer 4

Well . . . lightning does not strike the ground, but you cannot tell because it happens so fast.

First, the huge electrical potential that creates lightning bolts sends out feelers from the clouds. Most of these feelers don't progress any farther. But one or two of them reach the ground - a tree, a building, you. That creates a pathway between the ground and the clouds.

At that point, a huge discharge of electricity leaps from the ground back up to the cloud. Lightning does all its damage LEAVING the ground, not striking it.

Answer 5

When lightning strikes land, the intense heat can cause the soil and rocks to fuse together, forming a glassy material called fulgurite. This fulgurite can sometimes be found at the strike point. Lightning can also cause soil erosion and damage to vegetation in the immediate area of impact.