Question: What causes lightening

Asked by shannon212 to DJ on 26 Aug 2013.

0

Keywords: , ,

  1. Photo: David JefferyDavid Jeffery
    answered on 26 Aug 2013:

    Not sure I’m the most qualified to answer this but it relates to the clouds gathering different charges, much like the positive and negative ends of a battery. A bit like the way that pieces of wire attached to a battery can spark if they’re touched together, the clouds can spark (produce lightning) through the air when they build up enough charge during an “electrical storm”.

    0

Comments

  1. Photo: ewrcewrc
    commented on 27 Aug 2013:

    Positive and negative charges are created, lightning goes from the ground and from the sky. You may see smaller sections of lightning spreading from the main shot, those are negative charges searching for positive charges, Hope this helped!

    1