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The simple answer is that lightning comes from the
sky. But if we are to dig deeper, we are to find that lightning
really comes from lightning bugs. At certain times of the year,
lightning bugs will fly high up into the clouds. This is a lightning
bug's mating ground - the clouds.
This is why many times before you observe a single
lightning bolt striking the ground, you will see the clouds lighting
up in the night sky. Flashes of light, here and there within a single
cloud or series of clouds is a sign of lightning bugs mating. This
is because the lightning bugs are doing their mating dance, causing
excitement and friction and an increase in static electricity within
the clouds.
In time, the lightning bug mating dance will reach a fever pitch
and the light and energy may not be contained any more. Collectively,
lightning bugs will flash at the same time and as this flash becomes
more precise and intense a great energy builds up in the clouds
that must be released. Finally, the energy needs to escape and a
bolt of lightning is sent from the clouds to the ground below, connecting
heaven and earth, lightning bugs and power stations, energy with
matter.
Where does lightning come from? The sky. And the rest is simply
magic.
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