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Here Is Something You Dont See Everyday (Original Post) Rubyshoo Aug 24 OP
Lightning vs. volcano. An epic battle! GreenWave Aug 24 #1
Amazing, while awesome, bet it was a bit scary being there. Fla Dem Aug 24 #2
volcanic lighning. AllaN01Bear Aug 24 #3
You ain't trickin' me; that's Thor and Vulcan fighting over mythology! Hermit-The-Prog Aug 25 #4
lol. AllaN01Bear Aug 25 #5

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3. volcanic lighning.
Sat Aug 24, 2024, 01:59 PM
Aug 24

Volcanic lightning is an electrical discharge caused by a volcanic eruption rather than from an ordinary thunderstorm. Volcanic lightning arises from colliding, fragmenting particles of volcanic ash (and sometimes ice), which generate static electricity within the volcanic plume, leading to the name dirty thunderstorm.

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