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Heat lightning   /hit lˈaɪtnɪŋ/   Listen
Heat lightning

noun
1.
Bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings); usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds.





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"Heat lightning" Quotes from Famous Books



... and hot during that harvest season. The harvesters slept in the hayloft because it was cooler there than in the house. I used to lie in my bed by the open window, watching the heat lightning play softly along the horizon, or looking up at the gaunt frame of the windmill against the blue night sky. One night there was a beautiful electric storm, though not enough rain fell to damage the cut grain. The men went down to the barn immediately ...
— My Antonia • Willa Cather


Words linked to "Heat lightning" :   lightning


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