How does lightning work?

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  • Опубліковано 23 лют 2016
  • From Science @ the Symphony: Can lightning strike the same place twice? Our friends from the Ontario Science Centre help explain!
    Music:
    Holst: The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War
    Toronto Symphony Orchestra
    Peter Oundjian, conductor
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 76

  • @addmenow7454
    @addmenow7454 7 років тому +359

    Ive learnt alot in these 2mins

  • @Kronos0999
    @Kronos0999 5 років тому +486

    I'm not gonna question why an Orchestra channel uploads science stuff. You taught me some shit, so thanks.

    • @Kronos0999
      @Kronos0999 5 років тому +28

      Even though you were talking as if I was a child...

    • @TorontoSymphony
      @TorontoSymphony  5 років тому +135

      The video was created for one of our Young People's Concerts, Science at the Symphony...so the target group was children.

    • @Kronos0999
      @Kronos0999 5 років тому +84

      @@TorontoSymphony Guess I have the IQ of a child....thanks a lot for the video though.

  • @rocket7986
    @rocket7986 6 років тому +51

    If a proton, or positive charge, where to leave the atom in which it was situated, we would have a nuclear reaction and the associated blast. Only electrons can move without a great deal of energy input. Lightning is when the electrons from the cloud make the jump from either cloud to ground, ground to cloud, or cloud to cloud. It is to offset charge imbalances. There is also no leaders. The transfer of electrons is instantaneous, travelling at very close to the speed of light. If protons where transferred, we would have a small atomic blast.

  • @naughtyskywalker9292
    @naughtyskywalker9292 5 років тому +621

    Lightning actually travels bottoms up.
    My life has been a lie.

  • @rutgar1067
    @rutgar1067 7 років тому +139

    How could this video only have 11k views???? This SHOULD at least be at 200k!! Very well made and contains a lot of knowledge to learn!

  • @MrLondonGo
    @MrLondonGo 6 років тому +269

    Lightning can travel in either direction it just depends on the circumstances

  • @aldrinbenny5412
    @aldrinbenny5412 6 років тому +29

    This video is amazing. The way they explain is humble and interesting. Thank you very much for this short but useful information about lightning.

  • @anamariaquintero6984
    @anamariaquintero6984 6 років тому +11

    epic. thank you. i have watched a lot of videos about lighting and this is the best one yet! :)

  • @manjulaloganathan28
    @manjulaloganathan28 5 років тому +22

    Wow awesome clear explanation I've learned this in just two minutes

  • @miion3242
    @miion3242 6 років тому +151

    The background instrumental is hilarious 😂😂😂😂

  • @MrLonerforever
    @MrLonerforever 6 років тому +5

    thanks for the video, but i have a question.. how can we consider lightning to be moving from the ground upward?? i thought electricity is a flow of electrons and in that case they should be moving from negative to positive ..from the bottoms of the clouds that are negatively charged to the ground just to get rid if the extra electrons>> please correct me cus i really wanna understand this

  • @louisasmiles
    @louisasmiles 5 років тому +5

    Why did I learn more in these minutes than hours at school and watching Pecos Hank? Was it the orchestral music?

  • @legencyfilms4931
    @legencyfilms4931 6 років тому +2

    Thx for such nice video

  • @sathyashreesrinivasan5687
    @sathyashreesrinivasan5687 6 років тому +12

    I learnt more from this than in my school. It is very informative

  • @NeoNarratives10
    @NeoNarratives10 7 років тому +26

    But Positive charge particles (Protons) are heavier than Electrons [9.10938356 × 10-31 kilograms is mass of electron and 1.6726219 × 10-27 kilograms is mass of proton]. So the air should lift up the lighter one up [Proton] and hence electrons should fall down. Can somebody clarify?

    • @waydejaynes1291
      @waydejaynes1291 6 років тому +14

      Balram Jat electricity is considered the flow of ELECTRONS, which are negatively charged so therefore basing the idea of "electricity" it would travel from the ground upwards. My electrical teacher always told me you never understand electricity you just learn to accept it.

    • @strangelight159
      @strangelight159 6 років тому +8

      Wayde Jaynes
      Shouldn't the electron travel downwards,from negative to positive?
      Because protons can't move but electrons(which are negative) move.
      This video is not clear.

    • @minimoulah
      @minimoulah 6 років тому +17

      I think you are thinking gravity when you should be thinking electromagnetism

  • @amrdharani
    @amrdharani 7 років тому +2

    very well explained !!

  • @srinidhivanga5992
    @srinidhivanga5992 7 років тому +8

    this soooooooooooo awesome man!!!

  • @rhanz5748
    @rhanz5748 5 років тому +5

    How is the positive/negative charge move upward?

  • @MohammedAhmed-nq8gq
    @MohammedAhmed-nq8gq 6 років тому +8

    What am really wondering about, how electricity is forming because of moving vapor ?

    • @dalinhowes5915
      @dalinhowes5915 6 років тому +1

      Mohammed Ahmed static friction it’s like when you are going down a slide and sometimes you get shocked on a metal bolt it’s that same concept but on a massive scale

  • @behrouz6625
    @behrouz6625 5 років тому +17

    Since when positive electric load bearers (protons) are able to leave the mass??!!!

  • @vidhyayadav2685
    @vidhyayadav2685 7 років тому +2

    thanks a lot for this video

  • @Axphey007
    @Axphey007 7 років тому +9

    Amazing voice overs.

  • @alohaeddie
    @alohaeddie 5 років тому +486

    And I thought this whole time, it was always the god Zeus throwing the lightnings......

  • @gseshikala4787
    @gseshikala4787 5 років тому

    Very nice video

  • @DieusF250
    @DieusF250 6 років тому +1

    At 0:16 when the positive and negative charge being to magnetize it is like your hands with that very faint feeling, and you can even create lightning doing so, I have done it myself and have even popped a basketball attempting to clap at it with my hands, but I didn't clap my hands all the way, I had the mindset of thunderclapping the ball like it were a lightning strike, I went to clap my hands swung my arms wide and didn't close my hands stopped them before they touched and the ball popped

    • @abaankhan3386
      @abaankhan3386 5 років тому +1

      What is the name of that tower

  • @vannasanchez985
    @vannasanchez985 6 років тому +3

    This is fantastic

  • @angginandini
    @angginandini 7 років тому

    thank you so much

  • @nimishpatil8876
    @nimishpatil8876 6 років тому

    Liked it 😊 much better than those other boring videos

  • @shashwathx6571
    @shashwathx6571 5 років тому +2

    amazing

  • @azrilsabri3966
    @azrilsabri3966 7 років тому +2

    easier to understand... thank you

  • @comedianpreet
    @comedianpreet 6 років тому +1

    amazing😯

  • @ftaloYT
    @ftaloYT 5 років тому +5

    Yeah but why is an orchestra music channel uploading this video tho

    • @TorontoSymphony
      @TorontoSymphony  5 років тому +4

      This was part of a Young People's Concert a few seasons ago called Science at the Symphony.

  • @marzuqi58
    @marzuqi58 6 років тому +1

    Upward?

  • @elijahcota2408
    @elijahcota2408 6 років тому +4

    What about the lightning within the clouds that doesn’t reach the ground?

  • @rosatorres3144
    @rosatorres3144 6 років тому

    Rosa Emilia Torres Diaz

  • @thenotoriousjuju8596
    @thenotoriousjuju8596 6 років тому +4

    Wow, I feel so smart 🤓🤓 THx

  • @toxicreaction6
    @toxicreaction6 5 років тому +6

    I actually dont understand how lightning comes from the ground because in saw a slow motion video of lightning coming from the sky.

  • @gayathrirajamohan1210
    @gayathrirajamohan1210 6 років тому

    I understood even better

  • @danksamosa3952
    @danksamosa3952 5 років тому

    Why is the Toronto symphony orchestra posting about electric current?

  • @LucidityYoutube
    @LucidityYoutube 5 років тому +3

    i thought positive charges dont move??

    • @leoooo3242
      @leoooo3242 5 років тому

      Lucidity the real reason is because charge forms in the clouds, there’s a high potential difference in the clouds, however there’s a low potential difference on earth. so to balance the charges, a bolt of energy(charge) shoots down below from a high to low potential difference. this makes the cloud stable.

  • @k7tr7
    @k7tr7 6 років тому +15

    Wait. So the positive particle came up from my aunt?

  • @pawanaggarwal707
    @pawanaggarwal707 6 років тому +2

    how a upward leader is formed if the protons can't move

  • @tinkuyadav7333
    @tinkuyadav7333 6 років тому +1

    DOES IT IS RIGHT OR NOT ACCORDING TO ME IT IS NOT RIGHT LIGHTNING HAPPEN DUE TO MEET OF CLOUDS

  • @baresports1344
    @baresports1344 6 років тому +2

    this is incorrect as protons (the posotive charge) cannot move

  • @paytonsamuels2594
    @paytonsamuels2594 6 років тому +1

    Lightning strikes both upward and downward

  • @krishnamandge528
    @krishnamandge528 6 років тому

    I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Thanks. Recommend it to everyone :)

  • @GB_B
    @GB_B 6 років тому +1

    There is lightning that just strikes another sky.

  • @thorthegodofthunder9150
    @thorthegodofthunder9150 6 років тому +3

    Funniest video ever...

  • @chick5755
    @chick5755 5 років тому

    it's raining in lebanon

  • @JNoelVelazquez
    @JNoelVelazquez 5 років тому

    "The clouds are the biggest pair of socks and the earth is the biggest rug."
    The slowmo guys

  • @schildknaap_van_gent
    @schildknaap_van_gent 5 років тому +1

    wow cgi proves things

  • @victorle8232
    @victorle8232 6 років тому +1

    lets try 66 times

  • @dhimansen8662
    @dhimansen8662 5 років тому

    Be careful

  • @amina_.4258
    @amina_.4258 5 років тому +4

    who else lives in toronto 😊

  • @dhimansen8662
    @dhimansen8662 5 років тому +1

    So dangerous

  • @tommycortes9653
    @tommycortes9653 5 років тому +1

    Didnt know that lightning was electricity btw

  • @dhernzanavar1988
    @dhernzanavar1988 6 років тому +4

    i do not like lighting

  • @DanielKolbin
    @DanielKolbin 5 років тому +2

    You lied! You said lightning goes up. If you SLOWLY play the video, when lightning hits...it goes down! Explain that!

    • @anib8136
      @anib8136 5 років тому +2

      Daniel Kolbin Series It’s too fast for the naked eye to see

  • @IronHorse1722
    @IronHorse1722 5 років тому +2

    At least we know Earth is flat and stationary and only the wind moves above our grounding station.
    It would be freaky to think this could be happening in outer space on a spinning ball in an atmosphere surrounded by a vacuum. Good thing lightning has something to.... errr... "earth" against up there.

  • @mrreckless8223
    @mrreckless8223 5 років тому +3

    Makes no sense at all lol. U cant claim 2 things seperate when they are invisible.