After a thunderstorm occurs and it is good to walk outdoor, take a deep breath. The atmosphere will scent very fresh and clean, with possibly an earthy perfume made by the discharge of oils of pine trees and different plants. Both rain and lightning facilitate to clear the atmosphere from dust, pollens, and pollutants. A arc of lightning makes these through blending those specks; the larger mass is more tending to go down to the ground.
Heat and pressure of lightning too converts nitrogen and different gases in the atmosphere into usable compounds such as nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2) and nitric acid (HNO3). These compounds work as a earthy fertilizer to assist plants make vital proteins.
Additional interesting side effect of lightning’s enormous heat and pressure is the fusion of sand and other minerals in the ground into fulgurites, generally called petrified lightning. The word fulgurite comes from the Latin for “bright, glowing burn”-essentially, a description of lightning. Fulgurites created by cloud-to-ground lightning strikes are long, hard, shiny objects that look similar bent tubes. Made in an instant, they turn that fleeting flash of lightning into a lasting record of natural history-fossils of prehistoric weather events. Their pattern and size change, depending upon the potency of the lightning strikes and the mineral contents of the ground
