• I think it's caused by storm clouds crashing together. They are like . . . in a fight. • Thunder follows lightning. It's an echo to lightning which really doesn't have a sound at all. Ruby Kollman, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Thunder is created by the acoustic shock wave from the extreme heat of a lightning flash. Lightning can reach temperatures of 54,000°F (30,000°C)—five times hotter than the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Have you ever wondered why thunder can have different sounds? A crack versus a rumble? Startlingly loud versus calmingly low? Let’s dive in … The basics: what is thunder? Electrical ...

Cloud, by New Zealand-based designer Richard Clarkson, is an interactive lamp designed to mimic a thundercloud. It brings the outside inside, providing an audiovisual show that looks and sounds like ...

What causes the rumbles after a lightning strike? Here's the phenomenon of thunder, explained. Much is written about lightning — why it occurs, its potential for danger and how to avoid it. Yet we ...

All gases expand when the temperature increases, so when lightning superheats the air at just a fraction of a second, the air expands so rapidly that it compresses the air in front of it. Thunder is ...