lightning is still unexplained

[trevorjohnson83]

I don't know if many of you know this but how lightning is made is still unexplained.

There are two things that can be assumed. One is that lightning requires heat as it only happens in the summer. The other is that lightning clouds reach higher up into the atmosphere then regular rain clouds. The atmospheric pressure high up in the clouds would be less and the water molecules would be colder and more resistant to bonding. Water being highly energy absorbent would gain heat from the cloud sweeping over the hot land.

But how does the water convert heat into electricity? any guesses?

Here's an idea I'm going to try out. Two bell jars at A and B, A has less pressure inside then B. The water in the cup at C is hot and the cup at D is room temperature. A conductive wire at E attaches the two which act as different levels to the atmosphere. Probably won't work but I'll get back on my results.

 

[White 6]

I don't know if many of you know this but how lightning is made is still unexplained.

There are two things that can be assumed. One is that lightning requires heat as it only happens in the summer. The other is that lightning clouds reach higher up into the atmosphere then regular rain clouds. The atmospheric pressure high up in the clouds would be less and the water molecules would be colder and more resistant to bonding. Water being highly energy absorbent would gain heat from the cloud sweeping over the hot land.

But how does the water convert heat into electricity? any guesses?

Here's an idea I'm going to try out. Two bell jars at A and B, A has less pressure inside then B. The water in the cup at C is hot and the cup at D is room temperature. A conductive wire at E attaches the two which act as different levels to the atmosphere. Probably won't work but I'll get back on my results.

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Try this:

Lightning explained

Lightning is a large-scale natural spark discharge that occurs within the atmosphere or between the atmosphere and the Earth’s surface. On discharge, a highly electrically conductive plasma channel is created within the air, and when current flows within this channel, it rapidly heats the air up...

www.sciencelearn.org.nz

 

[dblack]

Try this:

Lightning explained

Lightning is a large-scale natural spark discharge that occurs within the atmosphere or between the atmosphere and the Earth’s surface. On discharge, a highly electrically conductive plasma channel is created within the air, and when current flows within this channel, it rapidly heats the air up...

www.sciencelearn.org.nz

That link is not crackpot approved.

 

[trevorjohnson83]

correction there's thundersnow lightning

 

[Brick Gold]

Observing lightning happen on other planets might help lead to the answers.

Lightning Across the Solar System | Science Mission Directorate

Lightning is as beautiful as it is powerful – a violent, hotter than the surface of the Sun electrical marvel. But might lightning on other planets be even more astonishing? Consider this. When Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in 1979, its imager captured areas nearly as big as the U.S. lit up by...

science.nasa.gov