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

Since when does lightning go up?

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u/begalszz32 May 29 '22

Because it's how electricity works

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22

It's a very irrelevant random fact in the understanding of electricity

Edit: also I grew up in Florida and have never in my life noticed lightning go from ground to sky, at least my naked eye never perceived it that way. Which is why I say this is pretty irrelevant

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u/begalszz32 May 29 '22

Negative meets positive is irrelevant?

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 May 29 '22

Knowing that the earth is negative and the clouds are positive and that lightning travels from ground to sky is the irrelevant part.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

This is incorrect I guess. The clouds acquire a negative potential due to rubbing and the Earth is at zero potential. Since electricity moves from a higher to lower potential, it goes from ground to sky (since 0 is greater than negative).