A summer night mystery: heat lightning

from A Moment of Science · host Indiana Public Media

One of the more mysterious pleasures of a warm summer evening is the spectacle of lightning from distant thunderstorms, flickering silently on the horizon while stars shine overhead. People usually call it heat lightning.

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