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Thunder
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Thunder is the sound caused by a lightning discharge. Lightning heats the air in its path and [blank] a large over-pressure of the air within its channel. The channel expands supersonically into the surrounding air as a shock wave and creates an [blank] signal that is heard as thunder. The thunder heard after a flash to the ground is actually produced by the return stroke that follows the path [blank] by the initial stroke.
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Thunder is the sound caused by a lightning discharge. Lightning heats the air in its path and causes a large over-pressure of the air within its channel. The channel expands supersonically into the surrounding air as a shock wave and creates an acoustic signal that is heard as thunder. The thunder heard after a flash to the ground is actually produced by the return stroke that follows the path forged by the initial stroke.
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