The detached bursts of brilliance might explain why the lowest point of a lightning bolt will sometimes suddenly brighten by up to 50% and double its speed as it hurtles to Earth.
M. Gannon
Megan Gannon is a freelance science journalist from New York, currently based in Berlin, Germany. Her writing has appeared in Scientific American, Newsweek, and Atlas Obscura, among other publications. She previously worked as a news editor for Live Science and Space.com.
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