The Science of Lightning | National Geographic
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- National Geographic explores the science behind lightning strikes. Lightning strikes during thunderstorms kill more Americans each year than either tornadoes or hurricanes.
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Why must the most beautiful things in nature be so deadly...
Edit: Found this comment 5 years later to see it has 1.7k likes...never expected it to blow up
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@@ninjaprincess26 uhm ok 👍
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Because whatever we can observe or notice, they usually are something very big and majestic
rainbows arent deadly...
who is watching this during a storm?
Me: what's the science of lighting?
Thor:( Mjölnir) I am Still worthy!! ;)
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Tommy Dude me
It’s thundering here in England right now and I was so curious to find out why it happens? Like isn’t Mother Nature just beautiful? ⛈
Init
Rogan Nussey Okay, so I’m not weird then?
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Sameeeee
@@ssingh7043 FAM I JUST HEARD BAMMMMMM!!!!!!!
"The energy of the lightning strike contains hundreds of millions of Volts".
Energy in Volt units... Pure science
Can we use that energy?
mohamed hadjsaid Not really. The air around the ionized channel is heated up to 28,000 °C or above, and the electrical current dismissed can be as high as a couple billion volts. We don't have yet the technology to capture all this energy, unfortunately. An average lightning has enough energy to power up a 100-watt bulb for 3 months 24/24.
Ilya Tsenov::::So what would be your hypothesis on the matter just above Ilya????Does lightning sometimes strike from the ground???Or does it merely always come from the sky?????For the longest time I surely thought it came from ground & sky and simply met.
darktrooper2099 There are ground-to-cloud lightning.
Fan Gica:::::Alright,okay,I don't oppose that,I just don't see that every time,least of all here on TH-cam.
I've always had a very great fear of lightning and thunder. I can't condition myself to not be afraid of it.
Same!
I can relate to that myself. I know this is a very old comment, but I needed to say that.
Zackasee_ same 😭😭😭
Lightning only kills a few hundred people each year, which is like one word of the world population. This is an analogy comparison and let's put these into perspective. Let's say you're going to read the very long storybook, and you've read one word already. Comparing with the ratio, that's the only number of people who get electrocuted to death by direct lightning strikes.
Masashi Ng ONLY?! THATS ALOT DUMBO
If you’ve ever seen lighting over the ocean at night time it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve seen!
And if I haven't then it's not the most beautiful thing you've seen?
It's beautiful but it is yet dangerous, just a reminder
@@AnimeOnline791 why dangerous in the ocean?
@@brunofurtado5010In you’re in ocean and Lightning hit the ocean,you’re dead..
I've always been fascinated by lightning because of its power and beauty. But I don't want to be to close to it.
Who’s watching during that fat thunderstorm in the UK
Lee Evans 😂
Me 😂
Lol right now as well
now your storm hit us in the east coast of america
You and me both lol
BRING MEEEE THANOOOSSS!!!!
You better aim for the head.
Nuclear Plays your really not funny
@@ryzomodzz1777 hater..
He won't listen to you ....even if he comes
Butter makes you better. Says the Roblox fan
Why do lighter particles become positively charged and heavier particles negatively charged?
I think that Positive charge are a more excited and become not simply lighter but is ready to move so in essence the negative is the opposite as they not ready to move so they take more effort to move
Positive particles have lost electrons, while negatively charged particles have gained electrons. Even though electrons are almost mass-less, comparatively, the negative ions are heavier and so would migrate down.
Jennifer D yes in form of lightning 💡
also the earth is really negative charged, so equal charges repel and create that alignment
@@CesarEnrRC1 don't you mean the earth is positively charged. Otherwise the arrangement of charges wouldn't make any sense
Watching during a storm in England ⛈
Looool same 😂😂😂
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Same lol
Same hahahaha
Lightning can give you a free tattoo.
With a side affect of possible death
'7 years ago'
Omg this comment is so old
If you survive. lol
@@bilsbathbomb6414 Yeah, it is very old in TH-cam years.
Is it just me, or does this video contain no actual scientific information...
Both
@@timothybarrientez6605 Well, scientists don't really know that much about lightning. So yes, it is all theory.
It contains what was currently believed at the time. Theories and information might have changed by now.
No it's not just you this video contains very little information and the information that it does contain is not true
@Chris Miles because your dumb at science
A lightning bolt almost hit me before. It was only around like 8ish feet away from me, I remember the ground rumble beneath me however once the lightning had gone the ground was still rumbling a little bit then went shortly after. Extremely terrifying lol.
"The image is unmistakable" mhmm all 10 pixels of it.
2:15 “more than hurricanes..” (house casually rolls by) good edit
I love lightning storms they're just so beautiful and dangerous. I think the danger is what makes it beautiful actually.
2:28
*sad obi-wan noises*
Diddy Kong Christ 😂thnx u made my day
Georgia clouds are putting on an awesome lighting show tonight… now I know why
I watch this during a storm in Philippines🇵🇭
I love the lightning phenomenon. So majestic.
IF you speed the video up by x2 then congratulations you found something faster than light
Who’s watching after the thunderstorm in the Bay Area
Analisa i am 😂😂
Yo
Yooooo 👋🏻👋🏻
No I’m watching this while there’s a very rare lemon phenomenon happening in my city
*lightning💀💀💀💀💀
Thunder is cool and beautiful when observed from a distance, but it becomes intimidating and showcases its tremendously destructive power when experienced up close.
I’ve always wondered, how fast is lightning? Cuz it looks so cool
The speed of lightning is said to be at about 270 thousand miles per hour. In addition to that, the return stroke of lightning travels even faster than that, moving at 60 thousand miles per second. For reference, lightspeed clocks in at 180 thousand miles per second (670 million mph) making it three times faster than a lightning strikes return stroke.
@@shakywings2628^^^ in case you’re still wondering.
@@tdjkhazard4522 thanks! I never found out until now
Currently 03:23 and wow are we getting it, in England the weather has been scorching so im glad i watched this, crazy how beautiful nature is by just simply doing its thing
Who’s watching from the Bay Area
I decided to watch this video after almost getting struck by lightening myself just 10 minutes ago…and the sketchiest part is that the lightening was so close to me- now I’m sure the reason was bc I was in a high up area w single trees spread far apart 😅😅
You poor soul 😢
i love lightning
Dante Delvalle
Paula Murchan why
Sean Murchan I hate it!
Mungu Mweusi, you're not alone. Whenever storms threaten, I'm always concerned about the possibility of an extremely loud thunderclap. Even though, living on the U.S. West Coast, I know the probability of something like that happening is very slim, I always have that "What if?" mentality. I watch the weather closely, and get physically sick when there's a threat. Joke about it all you want, but it's actually very serious.
Sean Murchan me to
I live in Nepal (The Himalayas) and god the lightning is terrifying here
I lived in Florida for 12 years lol I was almost struck by a blue lightning bolt after a baseball game
COOL
@@wildrain8602 oh yeah we’re getting positive charged lightning here in Oklahoma right now and it’s so loud and scary you can hear it from 10 miles away( that’s what blue lightning is)
Fun fact: lighting doesn’t strike in a place where they can’t get out (like shelter technically)
I recall (as a child) loving to watch the beauty of lightning from my bedroom window with absolutely no fear of it! After all, it was so quickly displayed I wouldn't have even known if I'd became struck anyways... I'm still amazed at its power, as with all of God's elements, but from a video now!!! 🌏🌩🌀🌋🌪🌊☄🌈
why people need to mention God in random videos XD there is no proof for it, and anyways, about which god u talk about? Christian one, Mandaeism one, Islam one? There are many
@@PinkeySuavo why do atheists, whenever they see "God", always have to make an attempt to disprove him with the same old questions. Even under a comment thats completely unrelated to religion
@@PinkeySuavo SO???? SOME PEOPLE ARE RELIGIOUS! HAVE. SOME. *RESPEEECTTT*
@@ScpDrRisha Some are not, have respect
Yeah I’m so grateful that God makes such beautiful weather
falling rain and ice transfer a positive charge to even colder cloud particles. This creates a positive charge in the upper portion and a negative charge in the centre and a slightly positive charge in the lower regions. Since the ground has a positive charge, all the built up energy has to go somewhere and if it is built up enough it can jump across non conductive particles of air to positive ly charged areas within another cloud. How the cloud acquires this charge is not agreed upon. One theory is that rising moisture collides with other moisture falling such as ice. This collisions cause a charge separation. The knocked off elections gather at the lower end of the cloud whereas the moisture that has lost an election forms at the top of the cloud. Freezing plays an important role, as rising moisture encounters the frozen portion, frozen becomes negatively charge and the rising moisture positively charged. Where there is a charge separation in a cloud, there is also an electrical field that is associated with the separation. The built up electrical field becomes more and more intense that it actually repels the elections at the earths surface by the strong negative charge at the bottom of the cloud. This repulsion of electrons causes the earths surface to have a strong positive charge. The electric field cause surrounding air to become separated into positive ions and electrons, the air is ionized. Ionized air is also known as plasma and is much more conductive that the non-ionzed air. The ability or freedom of the electrons to move around is what makes any material a good conductor of electricity. If the lower surface of the cloud is not straight, the flux lines will not be uniform. Step ladder and streamer. When a leader and a streamer meet, the air around the strike becomes so hot that it actually explodes because the air expands so rapidly from the heat. This explosion is soon followed by thunder. Thunder is the shockwave radiating away from the strike path. The shockwave produced by thunder can damage structures and people. We see the flash before we see the thunder, because light travels faster than sound.
THANK YOU NATE!!!!!!!!!!!
well this is not entirely true according to this theory. So basically the negatives (electrons) in the cloud repel the negatives in the top layer of soil and then because it is just protons left in the topsoil the electrons in the clouds attract to the protons in the topsoil to make it neutral. Therefore the lightning you see is just electrons transferring from the negative cloud to the positive ground. But then again they are both just theories.
Thanks for confusing me
Who's watching this in 2024 guys
2 likes 2 weeks no one cares
Me of course I am 10 years old and I'm not even bored so you should learn this even though the scientist are wrong
@@TumeloBethuelson how are they wrong?
خواطر بالدارجة
صدق رسول الله صلّ الله عليه وسلم
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Is anyone from Karachi, Pakistan? After the rain, the record of 90 years has been broken!
Just came here because the Bay Area just had their lighting show a few hours ago.
Its now in Frissia the Netherlands
And now it’s super powerful blue explosive lightning in Oklahoma
The sound and blinding light is something else love it 🌩
Obi-Wan: its over Anakin. I have the high-
*gets struck by lightning
Anakin: you underestimate my power.
Watching this video after 100 people died due to lightning in bihar, INDIA.😢😢😢😭
First off, Lightning is a life force energy, without it we would all be dead. Lightning does not have a polarity!!!, Lightning FLASHES, it does not ARC. You have a 90% chance of surviving a direct lightning strike. The huge thunder that comes after the strike, is caused by compression of the airwaves that the bolt disrupted.
Still waiting for the actual science part...
0:53
Who came here because the lighting and thunder in the Bay Area
Anyone else love when you see a massive lighting strike and then wait for the thunder.
Same!
I go outside lay down in the storm and just watch the beautiful flashes and in those moments I feel happy to feel the rumble
I am afraid of it
Yeah especially the big lightning that just appeared and the thunder is very loud
This is why the Vikings prayed to the god Thor and hoped to make him happy so he didn't destroy their ships with thunder and lightning. Thursday was named after Thor (Thor's Day) to honour him in the hope he wouldn't get angry and create a storm. Likewise in German, they say Donnerstag (thunder day).
best fireworks ever
And they are free 😊
And deadly
Even thought it’s so dangerous and scary, but I also find it fascinating! The power of nature!
Power of god*
That's right the power of mother nature
@@manlikeak Mother Nature
This might be a silly question but it's something that I've wondered. Why does lightning strike sporadically? You'd think it would strike straight after one another but sometimes it strikes after several minutes of the first one. Does anyone know why?
Michelle It is late, but during a thunderstorm air has to be ionized through a channel so that the electrical current can dismiss from the cloud. While this happens, everything during a thunderstorm are charged on the ground. While positive lightning does a electrical positive channel and strikes on the ground on a negative, negative lightning does create a negative channel and strikes on positive charged objects. The science beyond it is complicated, but while the charged particles travel down creating the channel, as it gets closer to the ground, sparkles start to rise and 'shoot' up towards the electrical current coming from the clouds. Lightning picks one up, the channel is created and the lightning occurs. All of this takes time, energy, conditions etc. While lightning does strike multiple, the phenomen is the same explained as above: lightning still has to create a channel, while it may do more at once, or it may dismiss multiple times and so on and so forth.
@@yourewrong4090 well arent u a smart one
But as soon as i saw a word i didnt know i quit reading
@@yourewrong4090 well i wish i was that smart
You're awesome and you're not wrong.
I’m watching this right now because there is a lighting thunderstorm from the distance, I am watching it because it looks beautiful
Ive always been fascinated to watch lightning... just from afar.
Beutiful things are beautiful but also dangerous. Like Hills, sea, jungles, volcanoes, lightning, women & what not. The more they are beautiful more chances of being dangerous.
Women💀
Thunderstorm in Los Angeles right now.
Was curious and questions were answered
Same bro same it’s crazy in Anaheim
If we were a Type 1 civilization. We would've already use this unlimited power for everyday use, and we just might be able to create a hyper drive for a spaceship.
Lightning is caused by Titan shifters who bite their fingers
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHA AOT
the "energy" "contains" ..... "volts"
well done!
(1:24)
This is what’s written in my physics book
“Lightning is a natural phenomenon which occurs when large quantity electric charge builds up in the thunder clouds-The charge is produced by the friction between the air molecules and water molecules in the cloud-When the charge on the thunderclouds in sufficiently high, it induces opposite charge on the objects present on the ground giving rise to a strong electric field between the cloud and ground -Suddenly, the charge in cloud jumps to the ground with a violent spark and explosion.This is called lightning “🌩
In the Quran, it clearly explains why thunder and lightning occurs.
Alhamdulillah for ISLAM.☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻
@@ducati3241 Are you saying it's not Thor?
free energy in the air above us but they'd kill you before you started using it or preaching about it lmaoo
Thanks for the video nat geo
Nature is really very beautiful
I watched this during the uk thunderstorm
I would easily redirect that lightning 😎
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I know that you have come here after lightening in your region because I too.
I can't believe how often lightning happens throughout the world. Mother Nature, you are one scary thing! Greetings from TeXas.
سبحان الله العظيم
*1:32** The prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said that before more than 1400 Years, He said: Have you not seen lightning, how it passes and then comes back within the twinkling of an eye? (84)Chapter: The Status of the Lowest people in paradise*
سبحان الخالق
- Lightning is one of the most incredible natural phenomenons.
- Nope. It's one of the most incredible natural phenomena.
😂😂😂
Zeus does it.
No, I do.
Lol no
No such thing as zeus
star Williams no such thing as "jesus" either ☺️
There is always jesus
thankyou this was so helpful for my assignment
Watching this as lighting strikes in the Bay Area at 3 in the morning
Sameee im scared :(((
So what you're saying is the clouds are playing on the plastic slides in the sky and go to climb the ladder to slide down again, and that's when electricity build up is put out. Amazing! So of an ant we're to see a human do that it would be somewhat similar to what we see happen in the massive clouds.
i have anxiety of lightning but it seems pretty
If LEIGHTING is the Anger of the GODS/GODDESS then the.GODS/GOFDESS r Concerned about the 🌲
God is awesome for having the great power to create lightning
According to legend if you can stand directly in a bolt of lightning you can get teleported into another dimension
Than I will try
It makes me think of when you have a soft blanket and in the dark you can see the static. Like little mini lightning strikes lol
I'm really frightened of lightning.
Watching this during a thunderstorm. Good stuff!!
Same!
Same but the thunderstorm here is super scary because the lightning right now is so big loud and powerful that it sounds more like a jet exploding then thunder
So that’s why I’m avoiding all metal right now
Came here from Bay Area California
why can't thunder be used for harnessing electricity?
Our prophet muhammad peace be upon him talked about this 1400 year ago . Good morning National Geographic 😅🤌🏻😂
Thor Odinson has entered the chat
Did you know the lighting does not hit the ground it comes from the ground and hits the cloud
It doesn't come from both & meet B.S.G.?
If you watch skow motion videos of lightning strikes youll know this is simply not true
DeathPoker1:::::Answer to which statement D.P.1????That it never comes from surface to ☁cloud????Or that it just isn't scientifically possible for it to arise/spark from the sky & ground at once & meet from both destinations'????
Did you know you are not correct?
you have to be joking, right?
up your arm to your shoulder then down into your stomach, the stomach is the source of energy in your body it is called the sea of chi, from the stomach you direct it up again and out the other arm, the stomach detour is critical you must not let the lightning pass through your heart, while the damage could be deadly.
~ Uncle iroh the Great dragon of the west
I'm affraid of lightning but I love that😍😍
It was heavy thundering and lightning here in the UK in the early hours of the morning. 🇬🇧
God is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he’s so amazing that he electrifies people, and sometimes kills them.
oh yeah not to forget the tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes. gotta love him xD
Dj Madigan so if some people are rebellious then he just kills random people?
Dj Madigan I said RANDOM. Not only people who rebel.
@Dj Madigan why haven't I died?
You don't need to lie yourself
This video segment must be like 20 years old. XD
13:13 "And the thunder exalts [ Allah ] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allah ; and He is severe in assault."
Literally no one asked
I’m just wondering, do Muslims and Christians believe in the same God they just call him different names? Was your God born in Nazareth?
In UAE it happens alot in winter
Thunderclouds at certain altitudes will collect certain types of charges. This is due to the influence of certain localized gravitational effect of the earth towards the air molecules as well as the water crystalline structure of the thunderclouds. In other words, certain localized gravitational effect of the earth will cause the unique nucleus structure of air molecules as well as water crystalline structure of the thunderclouds to flex in certain specific orientations and configurations that will either encourage them to retaining more stationary electrons or force them to letting go more stationary electrons. In addition, certain specific localized gravitational effect of the earth towards those stationary electrons of an atom to encourage them to stockpile more stationary photons. Therefore bottom of certain thunderclouds may collecting more stationary electrons while their top portions are having positively charges at certain specific altitude. Some other thunderclouds may have bottom portion that is collecting more positively charges while their top portions are collecting more stationary electrons at certain specific altitudes. We know this is true because during lightning strikes those stream of free electrons emitting out intense heat and light. Gusting winds help fast moving air molecules brushing against those air molecules that trapped within the thunderclouds to ionize them. Either force air molecules that stuck onto water crystalline structure of the thunderclouds to accept more stationary electrons or rob away some stationary electrons from those air molecules that stuck onto the water crystalline structure of the thunderclouds depending on the altitude of the thunderclouds. We now understand effect of localized gravitational effect of the earth towards those thunderclouds that eventually leading to lightning. We also realize that the earth's gravitational effect on the unique nucleus structure of air molecules that hovering in the sky in causing them to flex in certain manner that either encourage them to stockpile more stationary electrons or letting go more of their stationary electrons that will determine their ease of ionization. The water crystalline structure of the thunderclouds acts as a static capacitor in encouraging air molecules that stuck onto them to stockpile more stationary electrons or letting go more of their stationary electrons. But once the thundercloud precipitated, those air molecules can't hold up any excess stationary electrons because water crystalline structure has gone and such excess stationary electrons will be transformed to free electrons partly because those stationary electrons are also saturated with abundant stationary photons where they could transform to free electrons without any problems. When a stream of free electrons being discharged by the precipitated thunderclouds lightning ensues.We almost understand lightning completely except returning strokes in which we still researching on why and how returning strokes take place during lightning strike. If you are interested in real discoveries, I would recommend you to read my book, The Unification Theory - Volume One and you will be amazed with lots of new, interesting discoveries. In God I trust.
1:24 Of course, Volts are the unit of energy
Me to lightning is so fun to watch
Kid:(Watches The Flash)
Also the Kid: (Walks outside with a lightning rod taped to his back
One's a lightning struck like 5meter away from me since then I just love when it's lightning and clouds rumbling ❤️🥺
It's literally raining and lightning storms outside so I decided to look it up. Nice to know.
I live in Florida and we have a lot of lightning. Great video, this is the NatGeo I know and love!
Aliens? From their spaceships to distract people while they visit earth
This is for school because I watched this online school.
Same
Same like I would never watch this but cause damm online school here we are
You want to see lighting my friend come to Tampa Florida , or never less just Florida 😂😂
God your amazing for making lightning beautiful 😍💓 even if it causes damage
Aria Garmo ain’t no God it’s all science
Aria Garmo agree
@@hickaz81 God and science correlate
Just so you know