When lightning gods collide

[packman]

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Ground charges meet sky charges -

[dameatball]

1. Wow. I have never seen that. Thanks for posting.

[marylandblue]

2. Wow!

[Ohiogal]

3. Just incredible!

I didn't realize lightning could collide.

[dweller]

4. all lightening

does that, supposedly up to 100 times a second* all over the globe
our home planet is an electrically charged being

*thats 8 million per day, 3 billion per year 😳

[PJMcK]

5. All planets and moons with atmospheres have lightning, I think

The static electricity created by air masses moving over planetary surfaces causes the electrical imbalance resulting in the lightning.

If I'm wrong, please let me know. I'll be shocked.

[dweller]

6. I see what you did there

😎

[PJMcK]

7. It just came to me...

...like a bolt from the blue.

[kmla]

10. An electrical imbalance?

Are you positive?

[dweller]

11. I try not

to be negative

✌🏼️

[RandomAccess]

8. I read once that there's lightning striking every second

or so somewhere on the planet, AND if we didn't have lightning (which releases a lot of Negative ions), we'd all go crazy.

[kmla]

9. Naaaaah.

I think Thor was in the neighborhood and didn't tell anyone.