Lightning
Lightning has it's benefits. Lightning fires are an important aspect in the life cycle of
forests and some scientists believe that lightning was a key element in the origin of life
on Earth.
The intense electric shock releases nitrogen from the atmosphere. That nitrogen
then reaches the ground in rain. Nitrogen is part of the complex chemical compounds that
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