Friday, 13 June 2014
Lightning is
a massive electrostatic discharge between the electrically charged regions within
clouds or between a cloud and the surface of a planet. The charged regions
within the atmosphere temporarily equalize themselves through a lightning
flash, commonly referred to as a strike
if it hits an object on the ground. There are three primary types of lightning;
from a cloud to itself (intra-cloud or IC); from one cloud to another cloud
(CC) and between a cloud and the ground (CG). Although lightning is always
accompanied by the sound of thunder, distant lightning may be seen but may be
too far away for the thunder to be heard. Source
