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A huge electric spark taking place amongst the clouds during the rainy season.


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  1. Lightning is an electric spark on a huge scale.
  2. It is a sudden electrical discharge that occurs in a thunderstorm during a rainy season.
  3. It occurs between a cloud and another cloud or between a cloud and the ground.
  4. Lightning lasts only for a fraction of a second but the energy involved in lightning is very huge.

Hence, a huge electric spark taking place amongst the clouds during the rainy season is known as lightning.


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