Anonymous
6/8/2025, 12:49:38 PM No.16692112
Why doesn't the sea shoot out lightning?
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Thread 16692112 - /sci/ [Archived: 1232 hours ago]
Anonymous
6/8/2025, 1:00:42 PM No.16692115
Cuz saltwater is more conductive than air. Maybe there is lightning under the sea tho *under the sea starts playing*
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Anonymous
6/8/2025, 1:47:34 PM No.16692139
>>16692112 (OP)
Clouds are basically water and lots of clouds are basically an overhead ocean, so in the grand scheme of things, lightning does essentially come out of the ocean, basically.
Clouds are basically water and lots of clouds are basically an overhead ocean, so in the grand scheme of things, lightning does essentially come out of the ocean, basically.
Anonymous
6/8/2025, 2:55:49 PM No.16692201
>>16692112 (OP)
they do
they do
Anonymous
6/8/2025, 6:56:37 PM No.16692434
>>16692112 (OP)
It does... lightning strikes probably occur over the ocean more than on land in fact
It does... lightning strikes probably occur over the ocean more than on land in fact
Anonymous
6/9/2025, 1:28:24 PM No.16693293
>>16692112 (OP)
Why don't (You)?
Why don't (You)?
Anonymous
6/9/2025, 1:31:42 PM No.16693296
>>16692112 (OP)
Nobody's there to see it.
Nobody's there to see it.
Anonymous
6/9/2025, 4:55:56 PM No.16693462
>>16692112 (OP)
The ionosphere and earth form an approximation to a spherical capacitor but the earth remains approximately neutral, whereas charges can flow more freely in the ionosphere. It would be hard to build up excess charge on the ocean's surface, whereas it's easier to get separation of charges in the ionosphere, which then leads the capacitor discharging from sky to ocean or earth (i.e. lightning goes one way).
The ionosphere and earth form an approximation to a spherical capacitor but the earth remains approximately neutral, whereas charges can flow more freely in the ionosphere. It would be hard to build up excess charge on the ocean's surface, whereas it's easier to get separation of charges in the ionosphere, which then leads the capacitor discharging from sky to ocean or earth (i.e. lightning goes one way).
Cult of Passion
6/9/2025, 5:04:42 PM No.16693464
>>16692112 (OP)
It does.
>During a lightning strike, the final connection between the cloud and the ground happens near the ground, not directly from the cloud's base.
It "connects" just above the ground, or ocean in this case.
It does.
>During a lightning strike, the final connection between the cloud and the ground happens near the ground, not directly from the cloud's base.
It "connects" just above the ground, or ocean in this case.
Anonymous
6/10/2025, 12:33:08 PM No.16694109
>>16692115
https://youtu.be/GC_mV1IpjWA
https://youtu.be/GC_mV1IpjWA