Daily Celestial Challenge {Thursday} ~Forces In Nature~

in celestialchallenge •  7 years ago 

Heard About Light? Ever Wondered About Lightning??



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 They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning.
~ Clint Eastwood 


It's miles one of the forces of nature that can have a very attractive view but may be adverse on the identical second .Lightning is an electrical discharge as a result of imbalances among storm clouds and the ground, or within the clouds themselves. maximum lightning happens in the clouds.

But Wait, How It Occurs?


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All through a hurricane, colliding debris of rain, ice, or snow inside storm clouds growth the imbalance between hurricane clouds and the ground, and frequently negatively charge the lower reaches of typhoon clouds. gadgets at the ground, like steeples, bushes, and the Earth itself, grow to be definitely charged,developing an imbalance that Nature seeks to remedy with the aid of passing current bolt day between the 2 charges.


"Love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you're not careful it will drown you"~ Edwidge Danticat



That Flaming,God Seriously?


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Lightning is extraordinarily warm.Its flash can warmth the air around it to temperatures five times warmer than the sun’s floor. This warmth reasons surrounding air to hastily amplify and vibrate, which creates the pealing thunder we listen a quick time after seeing a lightning flash.


Some facts 

  • Lightning flashes more than three million times a day global ,that’s approximately forty instances a second.
  • a mean lightning bolt can launch enough strength to perform a 100-watt light bulb for greater than three months straight (about 250 kilowatt-hours of power).
  • Lightning kills about 2,000 human beings a year, so be in shelter for the duration of lightning storms.


"Human Lighting Conductor"


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According to Guinness World Record


The only man within the global to be struck by way of lightning seven times become ex-park ranger Roy C. Sullivan, the human lightning conductor of Virginia,

His enchantment for lightning commenced in 1942 (misplaced big toe nail) and turned into resumed in 1969 (lost eyebrows), in July 1970 (left shoulder seared) on sixteen April 1972 (hair set on fire), on 7 August 1973 (new hair re-fired and legs seared), on 5 June 1976 (ankle injured) and on 25 June 1977 (chest and stomach burns). In September 1983 he died via his personal hand, reportedly rejected in love.


May Day For Flight-214


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The worst lightning strike demise toll passed off while lightning hit a Pan American Boeing 707 Flight-214 en path from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, killing all 81 on board. it's the only US airliner lost to lightning. Lightning struck the left wing of the 707 and hit the fuel vapor aggregate stored in a reserve gasoline tank, igniting it. The plane exploded midair and crashed near Elkton, Maryland.


Last Note


"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work"~ Mark Twain




Saftey Measures

  • If the climate forecast thunderstorms, postpone your ride or activity
  • keep away from digital system of all types. Lightning can journey through electrical structures and radio and television reception structures.
  • avoid corded phones. but, cordless or mobile telephones are safe to apply at some point of a typhoon.

 "Electricity is really just organized lightning."~ George Carlin


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