Lightning

Lightning

Lightning is a massive electrostatic discharge caused by unbalanced electric charge in the atmosphere, either inside clouds, cloud to cloud or cloud to ground, accompanied by the loud sound of thunder.

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Famous quotes containing the word lightning:

    “The Lightning showed a Yellow Beak
    And then a livid Claw.”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “O, better that her shattered hulk
    Should sink beneath the wave;
    Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
    And there should be her grave;
    Nail to the mast her holy flag,
    Set every threadbare sail,
    And give her to the god of storms,
    The lightning and the gale!”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “There is a little lightning in his eyes.
    Iron at the mouth.
    His brows ride neither too far up nor down.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)