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NEW VIDEO: Why Doesn't All Thunder Sound The Same?
🕑 Added 2020-10-19 17:52:00 +0000 UTCWe've all experienced thunder, but what ARE all those claps, booms, and rumbles?
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/D3_w2sUPItY
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MinuteEarth
Hi @repentino! Most lightning is branched, and those crackles you sometimes hear are the sounds from smaller branches coming off the main channel - since they're closer to you than the main channel, the sound reaches you first, and since they're smaller, they crackle rather than clap (kind of like the sound static electricity makes, which is the same as thunder, just on a MUCH smaller scale). Thanks for watching! -Kate
repentino
but what about the thunders that sound like it's cracking a lot for like a second or two and suddenly we get a massive boom?
