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the Crowcombe lightning in 1724 and the top has been planted in the churchyard ever since?
the Shanta Creek fire 2 ; 20 sq mi) on Alaska 's Kenai Peninsula since it was started by lightning on June 29, 2009?
the Canadian documentary film Act of God lightning ?
while James Howard Mayor of Bedford in 1864, he entertained Giuseppe Garibaldi , who planted a Giant Sequoia that was later struck by lightning ?
the 2000 Black Coaches Association electrical storm during which lightning struck ESPN broadcaster Lee Corso 's rental car?
Stephen's Tower Baia Mare , Romania has had four fires in its history, three caused by lightning ?
Alexander John Scott (pictured) , Nelson 's chaplain at Trafalgar , was once struck by lightning while asleep in his cabin ?
sprites (pictured) , large but very brief reddish forms of lightning that occur high over thunderstorms , were not photographed until 1989?
St George's Church, Little Thetford Anglican church in the village of Little Thetford , Cambridgeshire , England, which was struck by lightning in 1886 and required extensive rebuilding?
Gospel music station WNUZ Talladega, Alabama , has been off-the-air since its transmitter was destroyed by lightning ?
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Question 1 : [ 44] ________ , but unlike lightning flashes, which last only a fraction of a second, ball lightning reportedly lasts many seconds.
Question 2 : Sprites were first photographed on July 6, 1989 by scientists from the ________ and have since been witnessed tens of thousands of times.
Question 3 : What role did Lightning play in the movie When Lightning Strikes ?
Question 4 : The ________ god Indra is considered the God of rains and lightning and the king of the Devtas in Hindu mythology.
Question 5 : This initial phase involves a relatively small ________ (tens or hundreds of amperes ), and the leader is almost invisible when compared with the subsequent lightning channel.
Question 7 : This compresses the surrounding clear air and creates a supersonic shock wave which decays to an ________ wave that is heard as thunder .
Question 8 : The ambient electric fields required for lightning leader propagation can be one or two ________ less than the electrical breakdown strength.
Question 9 : ________ are frequent conductors of lightning to the ground.
Question 10 : A particularly deadly lightning incident occurred in ________ , Italy in 1769 .
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