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Crack up close, rumble from afar: The physics of thunder at different distances
A lightning strike a few hundred meters away sounds like a rifle shot or a sheet of canvas tearing. Ten kilometers away, the ...
Travel and Tannins on MSN
Thunder is the sound of air being blown out of the way, and the bolt heated it hotter than the surface of the sun
Thunder is usually described as the noise lightning makes, which suggests the bolt itself ...
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