You mean as originating from the earth??? I hear my weatherman always talk
about "cloud to ground lightening", but I thought it could go either way
depending on the charge of the earth or the atsmosphere..Chuck
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From: "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Boating Safety Question
Also forgot to mention the reason for just writing "opposite direction". Up
or down depends on the charges of the two parts. Fact is that most oftenly
the actual lightning strikes UP.
/Nick
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"Lightning is an arc that's looking for the path of least resistance to
ground. Thus, it looks for a conductor that offers less resistance than
air."
Actually, the lightning itself is a lazy guy, as it doesn't look for
anything. It's just following an Ion trail (lower resistance than air), that
has already found the easiest way and "rolled out the red carpet" for him...
coming from the opposite direction.
Nick
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