The Science of the 1000x Shock: Understanding Earth's Most Intense "Superbolt" Lightning Strikes
When a storm's charging zone sits close to the Earth's surface, the resulting “superbolts” can be 1,000 times stronger than regular lightning. Superbolts are more likely to strike the closer a storm cloud’s electrical charging zone is to the land or ocean’s surface, a new study finds. These condi
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