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A flash of lightning can heat the air around it to temperatures five times hotter than the sun’s surface, causing surrounding air to rapidly expand and vibrate. This creates the pealing thunder we hear a short time after seeing a lightning flash.
Learn more at National Geographic
by Mario Livio
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