spider lightning

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Noun

1. Very long flashes of lightning (tens or sometimes hundreds of kilometers long) that travel horizontally across the sky, tapping extensive pools of electrical charge in the clouds, particular once a [[CG]] (cloud-to-ground) channel is established.

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