Not talking about the delay between the Lightning and thunder, that’s obvious enough. But lightning comes and goes in a flash (derp) and thunder stretches out five, ten seconds some times. Is it just an echo? If so, what’s it echoing off of?

  • relative_iterator
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    1 year ago

    Just a guess but some lightning bolts travel horizontally rather than going straight down. If one of those start close to you and branches out away from you, you might see most of the light instantly and hear the sound trailing off.