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On a warm afternoon, Mina watched a bright flash above her porch.
Why Does Thunder Boom After the Flash?Lightning makes thunder, but light reaches our eyes faster than sound reaches our ears.
1. On a warm afternoon, Mina watched a bright flash above her porch.
2. A white flash filled the clouds, then a deep boom rolled across the yard.
3. Mina pointed at the clouds. “Why did the boom come after the flash?”
4. She counted softly, holding up one finger, then another, before the boom arrived.
5. Then Mina noticed that every flash came before its rumbling sound.
6. Lightning made the air shake, and that shaking became the sound called thunder.
7. Mina saw the flash first, while thunder’s sound traveled toward her ears.
8. Lightning makes thunder, but light reaches our eyes faster than sound reaches our ears.
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