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Multiple cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning channels branching across a dark thunderstorm sky.

2–3 minutes · no sign-in

A storm in milliseconds

The sound made by superheated air

A lightning channel can heat nearby air to around 50,000°F in a fraction of a second.

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