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:

    “It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “When the cross blue lightning seemed to open
    The breast of heaven, I did present myself
    Even in the aim and very flash of it.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Would not some lightning flash of vision sear people’s consciousness into life again? What was the good of stopping the war if armies continued?”
    —John Dos Passos (1896–1970)