Volcanic Lightning Aka – Dirty Thunderstorms

 

A dirty thunderstorm or Volcanic lightning is a weather phenomenon that is related to the production of lightning in a volcanic plume.

A study in the journal Science indicated that electrical charges are generated when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in a volcanic plume collide and produce static charges, just as ice particles collide in regular thunderstorms.

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