CloudSilicon Canalsabout 2 hours ago
Lightning reaches 30,000°C, five times hotter than Sun
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A lightning bolt heats the surrounding air to roughly 30,000 degrees Celsius, about five times hotter than the Sun's surface. Thunder is the shockwave from that air expanding outward faster than sound. A 2017 megaflash traveled 515 miles across the central United States, setting a World Meteorological Organization record.
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