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Lightning is a high-voltage electrical
discharge between two charged rainclouds or
between a cloud and the Earth, caused by the
build-up of electrical charges. Air in the
path of lightning ionizes (becomes
conducting), and expands. The accompanying
noise is heard as thunder.
Subject by: Stuart Dicker