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Show Way of Llghtnlno. It has been pointed out In some .scientific quarters that the now known facts seem to require a modification of the statement found In some text books that "it is Impossible to say whether a flash of lightning moves from a cloud to the earth or In the opposite direction." Many observations observa-tions of lightning made In South Africa Af-rica show that In all cases the dls-chnrpes dls-chnrpes were from cloud to cloud or from the clouds to the earth. Quite frequently, It Is said, the South Africans Afri-cans have observed lightning flashes leaving a cloud for the earth, but fading fad-ing away before reaching It. The opposite op-posite phenomenon has not been observed. |