Lightning
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Created by Sarah Burch (Sburch8)
Lightning is the sudden flow of electricity between two electrically charged regions of a cloud, between two different clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. Lightning
How Lightning Occurs
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Different Types of Lightning
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Further reading
Lightning: Fire from the Sky by Craig B. Smith, 2008
All About Lightning by Martin A. Uman, 1987
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http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/lec04.html
http://web.uvic.ca/~mroth/438/LIGHTENING/Web%20Page/history.html