2007-06-14 21:17:05 · 2 answers · asked by suresh r 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The way lightning forms isn't quite as simple as a 'giant spark' between the earth and the clouds. What happens immediately prior to the flash of lightning is that a path is created along which the lightning travels. This path, called a stepped leader, forms in a series of jagged steps each in the region of 100 metres long, each 'step' can be at a different angle and when the path is complete the main stroke of lightning is discharged along the length of these jagged steps.
Because these steps go off at different angles the path the lighgtning takes is rarely straight and it can lead to lightning branching off in different directions.
2007-06-15 01:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it gets like a shape of root when the forces of wind stroke it and chnges tis shape
2007-06-14 21:33:33 · answer #2 · answered by vinodsharma_neupane2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋