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What is sheet lightning?
“Go sheet lightning you’re burning up the quarter mile (sheet lightning, go sheet lightning)…”
Environment
Can lightning strike the same place twice?
We’ve got the lightning-fast answer right here
Science
What is an electrical arc?
Warning, this answer may come as a bit of a shock
Technology
Video: Lightning strikes a car
The Top Gear team show a Faraday cage in action by hitting a car with 800,000 volts of electricity
Environment
What is St Elmo’s fire?
St Elmo’s fire can be described as a more or less continuous, luminous electrical discharge in the atmosphere, which emanates from elevated objects above the Earth’s surface
Environment
Can you calculate how far away lightning struck?
Find out the answer right here.