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Show DIPPING INTO SCIENCE ;;i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 i-i i;; Lightning ! ! Ugbtnlng Is an electric dls- ! ! ; ; charge passing from one cloud ; to unotlier, or to the earth. All ; I clouds lire charged with elec- ', triclty. and when parts of clouds ) which break away have a great- ' er eleetrleul churge than they ! ! can carry, the surplus charge ! ! ; ; leaps to another cloud or to the ' ' ! ' earth as a lightning flash. The. '. '. I duration of the flash lasts only ' ' aoout one one hundred ibou I ! ; ) sandth of a second. (ffi. lill. Wktrn Nwipspr UnloD ) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 |