A single lightning strike is like 10 billion flashbulbs
A single lightning strike unleashes energy equivalent to 10 billion camera flashbulbs, showcasing nature's immense power and destructive potential in a split second.
Imagine the light from 10 billion camera flashbulbs going off at once – that's the incredible energy released by a single lightning strike! This immense power, carrying about one billion volts and 30,000 amperes, dissipates five billion joules of energy in a fraction of a second. For context, one old flashbulb produced only a few hundred joules.
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