Electric Avalanche

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2016Aug 19

http://www.CreationMoments.com *** Please pray about supporting this ministry with a tax deductible financial gift of any size at http://www.CreationMoments.com/Donate. Electric Avalanche On today’s Creation Moments Minute, see what really causes lightning. School children are taught that as a cloud moves through the air it picks up electrical charge because of turbulence, eventually causing lightning. But thunderclouds are able to generate only one‑tenth of the electrical field necessary to create a lightning bolt. Without something else, there would be no lightning on Earth. That something else turns out to be cosmic rays, which penetrate the cloud and detach additional electrons from the oxygen and nitrogen in the cloud. These extra electrons are then accelerated in the cloud's electric fields, producing small avalanches of electrons. These avalanches grow and combine as they flow to the bottom of the cloud, finally to erupt as a stroke of lightning! The Bible say that everyone will know about Jesus’ return because it will be like a giant lightning bolt crossing the entire sky. Are you ready? *** Support us online: http://www.CreationMoments.com/Donate ***Website: http://www.CreationMoments.com Ref: Lampe, David. 1978. "Lightning research strikes a windfall." Science Digest, Apr. p. 25.