Learning About Lightning from Superbolts

Visit http://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. If you ask someone to picture a thunderstorm, chances are they will have no problem slipping into a memory of dark clouds and bright flashes screaming out from them. But, incredibly, they’re probably picturing the tame version of electricity from the sky, and you’ll likely want to stay away from the more formidable superbolts! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer, Kevin Bealer, Christoph Schwanke, Tomás Lagos González, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Jacob, Ash, Eric Jensen, Jeffrey Mckishen, Alex Hackman, Christopher R Boucher, Piya Shedden, Jeremy Mysliwiec, Chris Peters, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, charles george, Adam Brainard, Harrison Mills, Silas Emrys, Alisa Sherbow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow ---------- Sources: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019JD030975 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23740-6 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809522000333 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364682620300766 https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/iprc/newsletters/newsletter_sections/iprc_climate_vol3_2/features_vol3_2.pdf https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/purl/1764215 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2012JD017545 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809516300400 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep30586 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2532-1 https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.545.5104&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/lightning/detection/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533849/ Image Sources: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/stormy-sunset-stock-footage/466713599?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/the-dog-is-afraid-of-thunderstorms-bulldog-hiding-royalty-free-image/1285847564?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-strikes-royalty-free-image/463373779?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-bolt-and-thunderhead-storms-over-denver-royalty-free-image/157616377?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-over-field-royalty-free-image/180132155?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lichtstimmung-royalty-free-image/1354610522?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haltschule_-_Sunset_Thunderhead_(by).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Typical_Lifecycle_of_a_Single_Cell_Thunderstorm.png https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/how-lightning-is-formed-royalty-free-illustration/500341401?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-thunder-bolt-in-dark-thundercloud-royalty-free-image/500875617?adppopup=truehttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-thunder-bolt-in-dark-thundercloud-royalty-free-image/500875617?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-in-night-city-royalty-free-image/1324141894?adppopup=truehttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-in-night-city-royalty-free-image/1324141894?adppopup=truehttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-in-night-city-royalty-free-image/1324141894?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-strikes-gold-coast-royalty-free-image/1267077737?adppopup=truehttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-strikes-gold-coast-royalty-free-image/1267077737?adppopup=truehttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-strikes-gold-coast-royalty-free-image/1267077737?adppopup=true https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019JD030975 https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/lightning/detection/ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/panorama-view-of-the-city-of-southampton-the-second-royalty-free-image/1369969668?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/epic-super-cell-storm-cloud-royalty-free-image/462881839?adppopup=true https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/lightning/types/ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lightning-from-a-high-based-storm-near-bismarck-royalty-free-image/1077158024?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/two-lightning-bolts-over-the-sea-with-starry-sky-royalty-free-image/1249558266?adppopup=true