Lightning Strikes From The Ground Up

Ground explodes after lightning strike duration.

Lightning strikes from the ground up.

A lightning strike or lightning bolt is an electric discharge between the atmosphere and the ground. Does lightning strike from the sky down or the ground up. The answer is both. Cloud to ground lightning comes from the sky down but the part you see comes from the ground up.

Electricity is the flow of electrons. Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts. Electrons have a negative charge. Positive lightning is less common than negative lightning and on average makes up less than 5 of all lightning strikes.

First the base of a cloud sends down a little electric discharge called a stepped leader. This phenomenon occurs because of a difference in charge between a storm cloud and the ground. Cloud to ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon about 100 strike earth s surface every single second yet their power is extraordinary. A less common type of strike called ground to cloud gc lightning is upward propagating lightning initiated from a tall grounded object and reaching into the clouds.

Let s take a look at the process through which lightning is known to be formed. A lightning bolt is created from the ground up and also down from the sky. Positive lightening travels in reverse by going from the ground up into clouds. They move towards a positive charge which can be relative or just less negative.

Let s clear up the words up and down and the direction of electricity. But lightning is the. They mostly originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and terminate on the ground called cloud to ground cg lightning. 44 a bolt from the blue lightning strike which appears to initiate from the clear but turbulent sky above the anvil cloud and drive a bolt of plasma through the cloud directly to the ground.

Negative charges from a thunderstorm slowly lower to the ground while positive charges rise from the ground or an object toward the sky.