⚡🌩️ OMG! Why the sky gets ANGRY and shoots lightning bolts! 🔥✨

from Let's Ask! - Ask Pia & Ben - Little Thinkers!

Ben and Pia answer Carter's amazing question about why lightning happens! Discover the incredible electric dance party happening in storm clouds, where tiny particles create nature's most spectacular light show! Join our curious explorers as they reveal the shocking truth about lightning - it's hotter than the sun and happens 100 times per second around the world! Learn the secret behind thunder and how to measure lightning distance like a real scientist! Fun Fact: Lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun - that's 50,000 degrees of pure electric energy! Did you know? Benjamin Franklin actually flew a kite in a thunderstorm to study lightning, though that's definitely not safe to try! What questions do YOU have about storms and weather? Share them in the comments below! For more amazing questions and answers, visit https://philosophy4kids.com and check out our "Let's Ask" area where kids, teenagers, and parents can ask their own curious questions! #Lightning #Thunder #WeatherScience #KidsQuestions #NatureExplained #ScienceForKids #StormClouds #ElectricDanceParty #CuriousMinds #LittleThinkers

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