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Long-Distance Lightning

  • March 11, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

When conditions are right, you may see lightning flashes from storms up to 100 miles away! Often called “heat lightning” because it happens on warm nights and you hear no thunder, it’s the same as regular lightning — just farther away. (Thunder’s sound fades with distance.)

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