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(7,411 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Ohiogal
(32,268 posts)I didn't realize lightning could collide.
dweller
(23,731 posts)does that, supposedly up to 100 times a second* all over the globe
our home planet is an electrically charged being
*thats 8 million per day, 3 billion per year 😳
PJMcK
(22,102 posts)The static electricity created by air masses moving over planetary surfaces causes the electrical imbalance resulting in the lightning.
If I'm wrong, please let me know. I'll be shocked.
dweller
(23,731 posts)😎
PJMcK
(22,102 posts)...like a bolt from the blue.
kmla
(4,047 posts)Are you positive?
to be negative
✌🏼️
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)or so somewhere on the planet, AND if we didn't have lightning (which releases a lot of Negative ions), we'd all go crazy.
I think Thor was in the neighborhood and didn't tell anyone.
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