A series of unless info 7: Lightning Traditional Cache
Chuck Walla: Greetings from your Community Volunteer Reviewer,
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A series of unless info 7: Lightning
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This one will hit you like a ton of rocks when you find it. It is a
small container... It won't hold a whole lot. There is No Pen or
pencil.This is a dawn to dusk cache. CONGRATS TO DareGuy and
ParaPro for FTF!
Lightning is feared by most and admired by the rest. I have used
many different things in my series. My favorite phrase used by many
that know me is, "Don't try to understand her, just love her". I
find a lot of different things interesting. I have spent hours upon
hours following link after link after link on subjects that just
tickle my fancy. A lot of the information I use to make the
descriptions for these caches are found in different areas, but
mostly I use Wikipedia. I have chosen to do this one on lightning
because I fall in the latter category. Lightning is an atmospheric
discharge of electricity. It is usually accompanied by thunder.
Typically lightning will occur during thunder-storms, but also
occurs during a volcanic eruption and dust-storms, as well as
violent forest fires (which generate sufficient dust to create a
static charge). A leader bolt, in the atmospheric discharge can
travel at speeds of 60,000 M/S, and reach temperatures as high as
54,000 degrees Fahrenheit (hot enough to fuse Silica Sand into
glass channels, known as Fulgurites). Some lightning strikes have
particular characteristics. Scientist and the general public have
given names to the various types.
1) Cloud to Ground Lightning is the best known and the
second most common type. Of all other lightning the cloud to ground
poses the greatest threat to life and property. This type is a
discharge from a cumulonimbus cloud and the ground. It's initiated
by a leader stroke moving down from the cloud.
2) Bead Lightning is a type of cloud to ground lightning.
It appears to break up into strings of short, bright sections,
which last longer than the usual discharge channel. This type is
relatively rare. One theory, as to why this type is rare, is that
the width of the lightning channel varies, as the channel of
lightning cools and fades the wider sections take longer to cool,
making them visible longer, appearing as a string of beads.
3) Ribbon Lightning occurs in thunderstorms with high cross
winds and multiple return strokes. The wind blows each successive
return stroke to one side of the last return stroke, causing a
ribbon effect.
4) Staccato lightning is a cloud to ground strike that is a
short duration stroke that appears as a single very bright flash
and often has considerable branching.
5) Fork Lightning is a name not in formal usage. It refers
to the cloud to ground lightning that exhibits branching.
6) Ground to Cloud lightning is much rarer than the ground
the cloud to ground lightning. It is a discharge between the ground
and a cumulonimbus cloud, initiated by a leader stroke that is
moving upwards.
7) Cloud to Cloud Lightning is when lightning discharges
occur between areas of cloud without contacting the ground. When it
occurs between two clouds it’s know as inter-cloud lightning. When
it occurs between areas of differing electric potential within one
cloud it is known as intra-cloud lightning, this is the most
frequently occurring type.
8) Sheet Lightning is an informally applied name of cloud
to cloud lightning that exhibits a diffuse brightening of the
surface of a cloud. It’s caused by the actually discharge path
being hidden.
9) Heat Lightning is sheet occurs too far away for the
thunder to be heard. This happens because the sound dissipates
before it reaches the observer. 10) Dry Lightning is a term
in the US that is used when lightning occurs without precipitation
at the surface. It is the most common natural cause of wildfires.
11) Rocket Lightning is a form of cloud discharge, generally
horizontal and at cloud base, with a luminous channel that appears
to advance through the air with visually resolvable speed, often
intermittently.
12) Positive Lightning makes up less than 5% of all
lightning. It occurs when a leader forms at the positively charged
cloud tops, with the consequence that a negatively charged streamer
issues from the ground. Research shows that positive lightning is 6
to 10 times more powerful than negative bolts, and lasts around 10
times longer. The results of their greater power make them much
more dangerous.
13) Ball Lightning is believed to be an atmospheric
electrical phenomenon, which the physical nature is still
controversial. It is referred to luminous, usually spherical
objects, that vary in size. From pea sized to several meters. Ball
lightning usually can last for several moments, unlike lightning
flashes that on last a few seconds, at best. It is associated with
Thunder-storms.
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