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Lightning can heat the surrounding air to over

Lightning can heat the surrounding air to over
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Lightning can heat the surrounding air to over

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It can heat the surrounding air to over 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Air is a very poor conductor of electricity and gets extremely hot when lightning passes through it. weirdly lightning can heat the air it passes through to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit , or 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.
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