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Why is it possible to detect the pungent odor of ozone after a lightning storm?

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Energy from lightning or from an electrical are associated with a transformer can cause oxygen molecules in the air to split from oxygen atoms. The oxygen atoms then react with oxygen molecules to produce ozone.
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