Acoustical effects
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DISTANCE FROM LIGHTNING STRIKE


     We believe that many people at least once in their life asked themselves a question "How close to me lightning stroked?". We can simply calculate that. When we see lightning we start to count seconds until we hear thunder. We multiply number of seconds with speed of sound in air, which is about 340 meters in second. Result is exactly what we are looking for, distance from the lightning strike (in meters). Speed of light, which is about 300 000 kilometres in second, is ignored because it has a lot bigger value than speed of sound.

Example:
We see lightning. Counting 1, 2, 3, and 4. We hear thunder and multiply 340 with 4 what is equal 1360 and matches what we are looking for (distance in meters).

 
 
 
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