Zigzag Lightning- ordinary lightning of a cloud-to-ground discharge that appears to have a single lightning channel. Zodiac- the position of the sun throughout a year as it appears to move through successive star groups or constellations.
beaded lightning"(Also called chain lightning, pearl lightning.) A particular aspect of a normal lightning flash occasionally seen when the observer happens to view end-on a number of segments of the irregular channel (zigzag lightning) and hence ...
See also: Normal, Ice Crystals, Advection, Swells, Surge
 
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