Assertion: lightning | /r/CapableOf | strike the ground
Facets:
value: near a victim
type: LOCATION
value: nearby
type: LOCATION
value: to spark a fire
type: PURPOSE
value: next to buildings
type: LOCATION
value: anywhere on this metallic network
type: LOCATION
value: in an open field
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Lightning can strike the ground in an open field even if the tree line is nearby.
text: In addition, it usually appears at the same time as lightning hitting the ground.
text: Lightning strikes to the ground anywhere on this metallic network may induce shocks elsewhere.
text: When lightning strikes the ground, the charges flow outward along the ground.
text: The fat is believed to be procured by catching the bird at the moment when the lightning strikes the ground, or by digging the bird up from an underground cavity at the spot.
text: Bolt from the blue is the term used for lightning that starts in the updraft of a cloud about 2/3 of the way up and travels horizontally for several miles and then strikes the ground.
text: Fulgurites are formed when lightning strikes the ground, fusing and vitrifying mineral grains.
text: When lightning strikes an object or the ground, the lightning channel is often a deep red or orange color for its last ten feet or so above the ground or the target object.
text: Ground current: This occurs when lightning strikes the ground near a victim and
text: This occurs when lightning strikes the ground near a victim and the ground current passes from the strike point through the ground and into the victim.
text: Even as the lightning strikes the ground to spark a fire, a gust of wind can push the margins of the fire, causing it to spread rapidly.
text: It strikes the ground next to buildings, trees and metal poles (see photo below).
text: Lightning strikes the ground, so why observe it from space?
text: Sitting, or crouching on your feet as in the picture above, in a tent makes you a smaller target than lying stretched out in your sleeping bag for lightning that hits the ground nearby.
text: Because of the intensity of this electric current, when lightning hits the ground, it can produce a strong, albeit brief, magnetic field.
text: When the lightning hits the ground, it may cause a spark of flame, but the rain which comes down with the lightning puts the fire out before it has a chance to spread.
text: The location of the thunderstorm overhead alone determines where lightning will hit the ground.