lightning strikes twice

[AntonioLao]

Lightning strikes once, twice, sometimes five or ten times in the same place at very small time interval. Moreover, it was seen to strike the same place as many as 42 times in rapid succession. On the other hand lightning have been constantly striking different places at the same time. It is estimated that about 100 strokes touched the ground every second of time. That amounts to 6,000 strokes per minute, 360,000 per hour, or 8,640,000 per day on the average.
At this point in time, nobody understand exactly how lightning works. So the question why it does what it appears to do remain unanswered. Many possible descriptions have been given in science books, especially books about climate and weather. However, lightning requires the existence of the following: positive and negative ions, a step leader, return stroke, speeds at 1/6 the speed of light which calculated to about 50,000 kilometers per second of time, temperature hotter than the surface of the sun.
The step leader is not as bright as the return stroke and it starts the process from above the cloud of negative ions. It seems alive and in search of paths of least resistance. It comes down not more than 50 meters then it stops and pauses for about 50 milliseconds then takes another step then pauses, then steps then pauses then steps and finally reaches the ground then suddenly the return stroke travels upward along the same steps established by the leader when it dumps all the electrons.
If these dumped electrons could be replaced by negative CO2 ions then what is realized is called CO2 lightning or its cousin twice removed.

[mkirkpatrick]

You can smell the ozone after a lightening strike,wonderful smell,great thread my friend.



regards michael.

[AntonioLao]

You can smell the ozone after a lightening strike

Wonder what would be the smell of fried crispy CO2?

[mkirkpatrick]

Wonder what would be the smell of fried crispy CO2?

It would smell like a rugger players boxer shorts,after playing extra time?




regards michael.