sheet lightning
Diffuse storm illumination
Sheet lightning is lightning that appears as a broad, diffuse flash illuminating a large portion of the sky rather than as a distinct bolt.
It typically occurs when lightning within clouds or beyond the horizon reflects off clouds or haze, spreading the light across a wide area: Sheet lightning flickered silently in the distance.
Violent weather with lightning
- cumulonimbusTowering storm-producing cloud
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- electricalInvolving conducted current
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
atmosphere · squall · tempest · cloudburst · downpour · rain · weather · summer storm
Brief burst of light
- skyglowUrban illumination obscuring stars
- illuminatedMade visible by light
- blanketSoft bed covering
- widespreadExisting across many places
broad · expansive · veiled · glare · ambient · indirect · diffusion · cloudscape
Brief burst of light
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- ionizationCharge acquisition process
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- arcCurved line segment
current · static · electromagnetic · voltage · atmosphere · charged · electrons · energy
thunderstorm
Violent weather with lightning
- cumulonimbusTowering storm-producing cloud
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- electricalInvolving conducted current
discharge · atmosphere · squall · tempest · cloudburst · downpour · rain · weather · summer storm · distant thunder
flash
Brief burst of light
- skyglowUrban illumination obscuring stars
- illuminatedMade visible by light
- blanketSoft bed covering
widespread · broad · expansive · veiled · glare · ambient · indirect · diffusion · cloudscape · overcast
flash
Brief burst of light
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- ionizationCharge acquisition process
- plasmaElectrified matter state
arc · current · static · electromagnetic · voltage · atmosphere · charged · electrons · energy · pulse
night sky
Darkness above after sunset
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- darknessTotal absence of light
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
twilight · nightfall · starless · distant · skyline · flicker · momentary · eerie · ominous · dramatic
- Thunderstormsthunder, thunderstorm, thunderclap, thunder roll, thunder rumble
- Lightningbolt, flash, thunderbolt, cloud-to-ground, intracloud
- sheetsspreadsheet, broadsheet
- Electrical Dischargesarc, spark, corona, electric arc, electric spark
- rainrain, drizzling, downpour, raindrop, raindrops
- sky phenomenathunderstorm, rainbow, sunset, sunrise, solar eclipse
sheet lightningforked lightning
Zigzagging electrical sky discharge
fork lightning · chain lightning · lightning bolt · lightning strike · thunderbolt
sheet, lightning, sheets, sheeted, sheeting, lighten, lightened, lightening, light