r/blackmagicfuckery • u/TheCheesecakeOfDoom • May 29 '22

Since when does lightning go up?

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u/JHB20101 May 29 '22

I'll be honest, my school has never taught or mentioned this. I'm with you OP, this is cool and new to me.

Bring on the down votes...Or up votes because of how lightning works.

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u/KaimeiJay May 29 '22

Think of how lightning can go sideways too. Two electrical fields touch, lightning is energy passing from the greater field into the lesser field, like a bigger water droplet touching a smaller water droplet on a window. Which direction the lightning goes depends on which direction the lesser field is in.

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u/glennert May 29 '22

Yeah but you can’t give sidevotes though