Cloud to Cloud Discharge II.
by Chris Kusik
Title
Cloud to Cloud Discharge II.
Artist
Chris Kusik
Medium
Photograph - 35mm
Description
This one jumped right across my field of view. I feel a little safer when the
lightning stays aloft. This usually happens more in the fall when high pressure creates some stability in the atmosphere. These bolts can travel up to 175 miles. I have seen them hit the ground occasionally. Lightning discharges may occur between areas of cloud without contacting the ground. When it occurs between two separate clouds it is known as inter-cloud lightning, and when it occurs between areas of differing electric potential within a single cloud it is known as intra-cloud lightning. Intra-cloud lightning is the most frequently occurring type. Another terminology used for cloud–cloud or cloud–cloud–ground lightning is "Anvil Crawler", due to the habit of the charge typically originating from beneath or within the anvil and scrambling through the upper cloud layers of a thunderstorm, normally generating multiple branch strokes which are dramatic to witness. These are usually seen as a thunderstorm passes over the observer or begins to decay. The most vivid crawler behavior occurs in well developed thunderstorms that feature extensive rear anvil shearing.
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July 24th, 2012
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