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'''Thunder''' is the [[sound]] that [[lightning]] makes. The rumbling of thunder is caused by the vibration sound bouncing on the [[ground]] and the [[cloud]]s.
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'''Thunder''' is the [[sound]] produced by [[lightning]]. The sound is, more specifically, the result of [[supersonic]] [[shock waves]] produced by the [[superheating]] of the air directly surrounding the lightning bolt.
  
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Thunder might also be communicative, though, [[scientist]]s reject the idea outright.
 
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Revision as of 05:44, April 20, 2007

Thunder is the sound produced by lightning. The sound is, more specifically, the result of supersonic shock waves produced by the superheating of the air directly surrounding the lightning bolt.

Thunder might also be communicative, though, scientists reject the idea outright.