--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "qntmpkt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --But Shakti comes from the teacher, igniting the student's Shakti.
Now do you know? Does lightning strike downwards, from cloud to earth, or upwards, from earth to cloud? As it turns out, both. From http://screem.engr.scu.edu/emerald/VLF/ligh.html : FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Does lightning travel upwards or downwards? The answer is BOTH: For a cloud-to-ground the stepped discharge, leader begins in the lower section of a and thunderstorm cloud travels downward and initiates an upward-moving leader when it gets close to the ground (see animation at right). The two meet in midair, usually at a point about 300 feet or less above ground. When the stepped leader and leader meet, providing a conducting path for charge flow, there is a huge flow of current upwards through the channel, brightly illuminating it.Other types of discharges, such as the less frequent ground-to-cloud discharges, consist of an upward moving stepped leader that starts from an object on the ground.
