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TIL that nearly all of what we see as lightning is the current returning to the cloud from the ground. It appears to be coming from the cloud because it is illuminating the bolts that didn't reach the ground
9wlNX
TIL Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere, like rivers in the sky, that transport massive amounts of water vapor from of the tropics roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. They can unleash heavy rain and cause severe flooding.
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TIL that lightning can't strike the same place twice is a myth. It can, and often does strike the same place repeatedly. The Empire State Building gets struck about 25 times per year