Lightning

Have you ever seen light fall from the sky?

Well when there are thunderstorms keep your eye out for that light I am speaking of.

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Cloud To Air

    When a thunderstorm has lightning, every minute that goes by it is beauty that nature brings to the earth. Some people are afraid of lightning, which one should be because one strike of lightning can kill a person. My experiences of lightning have been in the three years that I lived here in Somerton and when I traveled from California to San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora. One winter on my way to San Luis I drove in a thunderstorm through the desert before arriving to Yuma. The clouds of course were pitch black and lightning fell from left to right of the road. There were sequences of several lightning bolts in a row. If I remember correctly the lightning color was red and purple. The closer I drove the more excited I got. Recently, on August 26, 2010 a thunderstorm came through the city of Somerton. The thunderstorm started off by strong winds. After an hour of just winds there was drizzle of rain and then it showered for about fifteen minutes. Rain does not like to pour over Somerton that long. Along with the drizzle lightning bolts started to fall. The color of the lightning was blue and it lighted up the town. I can not wait for more thunderstorms.

Lightning Between CLouds

    Lightning comes from thunderstorms and are arranged when liquid and ice particles above the freezing level collide. This then builds a large electrical field in the clouds. Lightning can occur in three different places: between clouds only, between the cloud and air, and between the cloud and the ground. The temperature of Lightning can reach fifty thousand degrees Fahrenheit, which is hotter than the surface of the sun. The heat that is produced from lightning can catch an object on fire.