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Thunder is the sound of the shockwave caused when lightning instantly heats the air around it to up to 30 000 °C (54 000 °F). That super-heated air expands rapidly, then contracts as it cools. The rapid expansion/contraction generates sound waves, making the sound that is called "thunder."
Since sound and light travel at different speeds through the atmosphere, one can time the interval between them to roughly estimate how far away the bolt of lightning is. The speed of sound in air is approximately 340 m/s (761 mph), while t ...
Polytheistic peoples in areas with much thunder, or areas where thunder precedes drought-breaking rain, may postulate a thunder god.
Thunder - European gods.
Zeus (Greek mythology)
Jupiter and Jofur (Roman mythology)
Thor (Norse mythology)
Ambisagrus (Celtic mythology)
Ukko (Finnish mythology)
Horagalles (Sami mythology)
Aplu (Etruscan mythology)
Gebeleizis (Dacian mythology)
Zibelthiurdos (Thracian mythology)
Perkūnas (Lithuanian mytholo ...
