The Searing Reason Your Volcanoes Hide Lightning From You #Shorts

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Inside the ash plume of Japan's Sakurajima volcano, scientists recorded over 6,000 lightning bolts during a single eruption in 2020.

[00:00:10]This phenomenon, called dirty thunderstorms, generates electrical storms more intense than any natural lightning system on Earth.

[00:00:18]The ash particles collide so violently inside the rising column that they strip electrons from each other, building static charges of up to 100 million volts.

[00:00:29]Researchers at the University discovered that volcanoes, like Anak Krakatoa, produce lightning bolts measuring 30 km long, branching through ash clouds at temperatures hot enough to melt glass.

[00:00:42]New one drops every day.

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