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At very high voltages electricity can ionize the air, allowing it to flow through the air. When this happens the ionized air can glow. One way you see this is a spark, another is lightening. It isn't the electricity itself you are seeing, it's the glowing air.

Neon lights work the same way. High voltage causes the neon or argon in the glass tubes to ionize and glow.

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