2007-05-19 13:59:49 · 7 answers · asked by ?????????????? 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
According to the book, "It's Raining Frogs and Fishes,"
by Jerry Dennis, lightning bolts travel at speeds up
to 93,000 miles per second. That's pretty darn fast.
What we see as a single lightning flash is actually
several lightning bolts that follow each other so rapidly
that our eyes see only a single flash.
(It does not travel at the speed of light!)
Have fun.
2007-05-19 14:59:54 · answer #1 · answered by Stratman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi:
some guys replied that it is as fast as the speed of light but I do not think so because if it was so you could not recognize the movement of lightning from clouds to the earth. I think it's speed is as fast as the movements of electrons through the air.
2007-05-19 14:22:40 · answer #2 · answered by ehsan ashrafi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since lightning is light, then I'll assume it like the speed of light which is 3*10^18.
2007-05-19 14:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by Tommy T 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's tough to know what you mean. if you want to know the time it takes for lightning to reach the ground, it travels at about the speed of light, just a little slower. that;s the speed of electricity
2007-05-19 14:05:26 · answer #4 · answered by MLBfreek35 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lightning is an atmospheric phenomena so it would not travel at the speed of light.
2007-05-19 14:19:11 · answer #5 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As fast as the speed of light which is 186,000 miles per second.
2007-05-19 14:22:35 · answer #6 · answered by laurasimonuk 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
About the same as the speed of light.
2007-05-19 14:04:37 · answer #7 · answered by Joan H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋