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  2. Volcanic lightning - Wikipedia

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    Volcanic lightning is an electrical discharge caused by a volcanic eruption rather than from an ordinary thunderstorm. Volcanic lightning arises from colliding, fragmenting particles of volcanic ash (and sometimes ice ), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which generate static electricity within the volcanic plume , [ 3 ] leading to the name dirty thunderstorm .

  3. List of severe weather phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Cloud. Cumulonimbus cloud; Arcus cloud; Downburst. Microburst; Heat burst; Derecho; Lightning. Volcanic lightning; Thunderstorm. Air-mass thunderstorm; Thundersnow

  4. Lightning - Wikipedia

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    Positive lightning is less common than negative lightning and on average makes up less than 5% of all lightning strikes. [ 10 ] A bolt from the blue lightning strike which appears to initiate from the clear, but [ clarification needed ] the turbulent sky above the anvil cloud and drive a bolt of plasma through the cloud directly to the ground.

  5. The apocalyptic moment a thunderstorm erupted inside a ...

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    The shock lightning occurred nearly one year ago, but the images were only released this week The apocalyptic moment a thunderstorm erupted inside a volcanic ash cloud Skip to main content

  6. Top 3 lightning videos of 2024 - AOL

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    Kicking off our countdown is a breathtaking video from Guatemala, where a volcanic eruption produced an incredible lightning display. Volcanic eruptions are notorious for generating lightning, as ...

  7. Evacuations for 11,000 people as Ruang Volcano eruptions continue

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    Spectacular videos of volcanic lightning and cloud explosions on weather satellite maps have surfaced, including a video showing volcanic lightning, which is more frequent and fleeting than ...

  8. Glossary of meteorology - Wikipedia

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    Also actiniform. Describing a collection of low-lying, radially structured clouds with distinct shapes (resembling leaves or wheels in satellite imagery), and typically organized in extensive mesoscale fields over marine environments. They are closely related to and sometimes considered a variant of stratocumulus clouds. actinometer A scientific instrument used to measure the heating power of ...

  9. Lightning strikes as ash spews from Philippine volcano

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    Taal volcano, one of the world's smallest active volcanoes, have been spewing ash for a second day from its crater in the middle of a lake about 70 km (45 miles) south of the capital Manila.