Have you ever tried to figure out the distance of a lighting
strike by listening for its thunder? I used to do that all the time. Though, because
of everything that I’ve learned over the past year, a thought occurred to me.
Does the counting the seconds method work for all weather conditions? No matter
what, I believe light travels at a constant rate. It also isn’t reliant on the
molecules around it to travel any amount of distance. Sound waves, on the other hand need some kind
of medium to travel through. That’s why we see the stars in the sky but no one
can hear you scream in space. Because of the way sound works, I wonder how much
of a difference the air properties have on the distance of lightning.
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