Seeing The Process Of Lightning And The Impact It Causes

Lightning illustration (Pixabay)

YOGYAKARTA How is the lightning process? In Fiscal science, the process of lightning is related to the release of electrons from water molecules in the clouds.

According to the official website of the Lightning Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), lightning is defined as a flash of light in the atmosphere consisting of thunder and caused by a high-current electric release. This luminosity arises because there is a release of electric charge separated in the cumulonimbus cloud.

Lightning released a very high electric current of up to 80,000 amperes in a short period of time. Meanwhile, the total power released simultaneously in one strike reached 106 watts.

The amount of electrical energy released by lightning can damage objects that are struck directly, even causing casualties if lightning strikes humans.

Lightning strikes can also damage telecommunications networks, electricity networks, and flight disruptions.

Lightning forms from Cumulonimbus clouds. These clouds include one of the convective clouds or clouds towering upwards. The shape of the Cumulonimbus cloud looks like a fungus with the top shaped like a hat.

Lightning can only be formed in clouds that have reached a mature level. These clouds will produce two main layers of electrification. At the top the clouds are concentrated on electric fields, while the bottom is concentrated on negative electric fields.

When a positive and negative electric charge meets, there is a flash of light that we know as lightning.

In the process, there are three types of lightning created from Cumulonimbus clouds, including:

Apart from forming from Cumulonimbus clouds, lightning can also be created from volcanic eruptions known as volcanic lightning. Its mechanism involves interaction of particles in electrically charged volcanic ash, resulting in a lightning-like release of cargo.

Volcanic lightning did not immediately appear even though the column of the eruption was already filled with hot glass ash, steam, and gas particles that were thrown into the atmosphere. Before lightning is formed, these particles need to undergo an ionization process, namely the separation of electrons attached to each particle through potential energy from a mass. These charged ions then trigger lightning.

The impact of lightning strikes can cause major damage. According to a National Geographic report, around 2,000 people worldwide each year die from lightning strikes.

Those who survive also often experience prolonged symptoms, such as memory disorders, dizziness, weakness, numbness, and suffering from serious illness that reduces the quality of life.

Lightning strikes can even trigger heart attacks and cause severe burns. Extreme hot temperatures from lightning can evaporate water inside tree trunks, resulting in steam that has the potential to tear or destroy the tree.

When you see the signs of lightning in the sky, here are some tips you can do to avoid lightning strikes:

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