Interesting things about lightning

Lightning not only appears in thunderstorms but is also observed when volcanic eruptions or tornadoes, dust storms.

Lightning can heat the surrounding air to about 27,760 degrees Celsius, 5 times hotter than the surface temperature of the Sun.

Lightning does not only appear in thunderstorms, a meteorological phenomenon including storms, heavy rain, thunder, strong winds.The phenomenon of atmospheric discharge can also occur during storms, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, even dust storms and snow storms.

Lightning strikes usually appear within about 5km from the center of a storm, even at distances of 16-25km or more.Therefore, even if it is outside the radius of a storm, its safety is not certain.

The probability of being struck by lightning in one's life is 1 / 3,000.The ability to survive after being struck by lightning is still available, but people with lightning strikes often have serious injuries and long-lasting effects, from burns to many levels to affect the brain and even change personality.

According to scientists, lightning appears on Earth about 100 times per second, 70% of which occurs in the tropics.Types of lightning include lightning strikes from the cloud to the ground, clay from the earth to the cloud (electron flow moves between the ground and the cloud above).The most common type of lightning is cloud and cloud, electronic exchange between clouds without having to go to the ground.In addition, there are other types such as heterogeneous clay, rocky clay, upper atmosphere, clay, rocket clay, dry clay .