Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Ever seen a lightning bolt in the Antarctic? Nope, didn't think so!

Why? There's a reason for that.

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Some links and references:

nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/lightning-struck-near-north-pole-why-strange

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL091366

http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/spring13/atmo589/ATMO489_online/lecture_11/lect11_cloud_electrification.html

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