I learned that lightening is coming in both directions. Small feeders grow upwards and attract the large charges that are desending. When they find each other WHHOOMP.

Lightening still is a surprisingly unkown quantity in its exact mechanics. Its only been a decade since we learned conclusively that lightening "sprites" shoot upwards into the ionosphere and disperse in a widening cone. This was folklore by airline pilots until satillites captured some pictures.

Lightening is hotter than the suface of the sun
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Lightening is part of the electromagnetic spectrum
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Lightening makes glass when it hits sandy soil
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Ben Franklin had someone else hold the kite in the storm
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