lighting speed.?

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Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag?

2007-05-09 05:51:37 · 3 answers · asked by SDC 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather

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Lightning doesn't actually have a speed. What we see when lightning occurs is a release of photons due to the STATIC charge being released. So lighning actually moves at the speed of well....light. The reason we see a 'motion' is because the photons along the bolt are being release at different times, giving an illusion of motion.

2007-05-09 06:02:17 · answer #1 · answered by ucancallmejay02 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋

It is as fast as it is cause it zigzags. And it doesn't really zigzag. That's just a phenomenon called refraction.

2007-05-09 05:59:20 · answer #2 · answered by eminem197796 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋

it would be the same speed just take longer

2007-05-09 05:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by Trooper 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋