Lightning – ORANGE LIGHTNING TO BE PRECISE IN THIS CASE… thanks to FLASH for reviving dormant neurons sitting on the sidelines – ROFL

Lightning – Wikipedia

“charge as electrons associated with lightning must involve some form of electro-chemistry, that is, the oxidation and/or the reduction of chemical species”…

YADDA YADDA YADDA YADDA YADDA YADDA YADDA & MORE….

WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU OVERTHINK TO SOLVE AND EXPLAIN SOMETHING SIMPLE…

NOW PRAY TELL…

WHAT CHEMICAL SPECIES AND WHAT ARE THE PHYSICS ???

AND HERE DEAR FRIENDS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING….

THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION LIES IN 1965…

ILE PEROT….

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ORANGE LIGHTNING THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HIT US AND KILL US BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY BY THE RENTED BEACH HOUSE…. AS A LITTLE KID… SPENDING SUMMER WITH FAMILY AND EXTENDED RELATIVES….

THE LIGHTNING WAS UNREAL… SOUND TERRIFYING…

WHICH IS ALWAYS WHY I HATED ELECTRICITY…

UNTIL NOW…

YOU CAN’T CONTROL SOMETHING YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND…

NOW… AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STORY…

COUGH UP THE ANSWER…

WIN A BIG HUGE CIGAR…

ANSWER IS QUITE SIMPLE ACTUALLY…

YOU JUST HAD TO PAY ATTENTION IN HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND CHEMISTRY CLASSES….

PHYSICS CAME AFTERWARDS…

ACTUALLY, BEEN SITTING ON THIS ONE FOR QUITE A WHILE AS I ALREADY KNEW THE ANSWER, BUT RESEARCHING AND TESTING OTHER THEORIES…

THANKS FLASH…

ONTO RAINBOW COLORED LIGHTNING NOW…

HINT – ORANGE LIGHTNING NOW… MOSTLY OF A MAN MADE NATURE, BUT STILL… MOTHER NATURE DOES PLAY A ROLE

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