Thunder is basically the result of the lightning bolt "exploding" in the air. ... If you're near where the lightning bolt struck, the thunder will sound like an explosive clap. However, more distant strikes will sound more like a rumbling as the sound waves spread out and echo off the ground or nearby buildings.
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sound caused by a lightning discharge. Lightning heats the air in its path and causes a large over-pressure of the air within its channel. The channel expands supersonically into the surrounding air as a shock wave and creates an acoustic s...
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Lightning causes thunder when weather conditions cause an electrical charge in the earths atmosphere to ground to the earth. The charge breaks the sound barrier, displacing the air. When the air collides back together it produces thunder.
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Thunder is a very loud sound that is made sometimes during a very big rain storm. Thunder is so loud, it can be heard from a very far distance. It can sound like a boom, a crash, or a rumble.
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sound caused by a lightning discharge. Lightning heats the air in its path and causes a large over-pressure of the air within its channel. The channel expands supersonically into the surrounding air as a shock wave and creates an acoustic s...
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Some Loud Thunder Similar Albums: Bad Football , Glow, Pt. 2 , I See a Darkness , Mutations , Lonesome Crowded West , Poor Fricky , Forever Again ... Why is thunder so loud?
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The Hamptons News From The Southampton Press and The East Hampton Press ... Mr. Agnese was sitting in a car at Ponquogue Beach when the flash lit up the clouds. “It was more, like, all over, not just one spot. And the thunder was so loud I couldn’t believe it.”...
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Read what all the top critics had to say about Some Loud Thunder, which garnered a Metacritic METASCORE of 63, for Generally favorable reviews. ... If Some Loud Thunder isn't as consistent as the debut, it's an adequate follow-up that contains a handful of fantastic songs, a handful of uneven ones, and a handful of duds.
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Back to Thunder ... Each straight segment of the strokes of a flash heat the air and produce a shock wave...BUT because the electrical discharge occurs so quickly the shock wave you hear is essentially a single shock wave. ... A clap is a loud sudden sound and is also called a peal. A rumble or a roll is a prolonged sound not...
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But, with their sophomore album Some Loud Thunder, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah can’t fall back on that same out-of-nowhere charm they enjoyed two years ago. All ears are focused on Some Loud Thunder, so CYHSY needs some new tricks to keep the reviewers on their side.
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