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does lightining go up from the ground or down from the sky?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes that's true what they both are saying. Check out this picture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lightning_in_Ar...
The little streamer on the right is one of two possible strike locations that did not have the right conditions to form the bolt. The one on the left did. A succesive strike might land a bolt where the second streamer was and like they said meet somewhere in the middle.
Source(s): en.wikipedia.org - Anonymous1 decade ago
The charge intially starts from the cloud down, but as it starts to make its way down, a positive charge from the ground surges upwards connecting to the other charge somewhere in the middle. When the two charges meet, we see the flash, or the bolt.
Source(s): meteorology notes - 1 decade ago
Lightning actual does both it comes up from the ground and comes down from the cloud and meets in the middle.
