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 there is peculiar; it is so convincing! When it strikes a thing, it doesn’t leave enough of that thing behind for you to tell whether—well, you’d think it was something valuable, and a Congressman had been there.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “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)

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