{"id":7207,"date":"2026-03-03T09:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/?page_id=7207"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:14:30","slug":"blitze","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/atmosphaerische-phaenomene\/blitze\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cause of thunderbolts is the electrostatic charge caused by the moving water droplets and ice crystals in certain types of clouds. If the electrical voltage between a cloud and the ground or between two clouds is high enough, the bright arcs are created that lead to charge equalization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, everyone knows these luminous phenomena. They cannot be overlooked and often cannot be overheard, because they heat the air particles so much that they suddenly take up more volume and trigger the thunder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, capturing lightning in a photo is a difficult matter. You don't know when they light up, nor where exactly. In addition, they only shine for a very short moment. To land a \"hit\" under these conditions requires luck and skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7208\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3.png 575w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A lightning bolt between clouds and ground<\/em> <em>above Preu\u00dfisch-Oldendorf, 14.8.2025, photo: Dr. Thomas Kunzemann<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4.png 572w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A lightning bolt between clouds above Preu\u00dfisch-Oldendorf, 14.8.2025, Photo: Dr. Thomas Kunzemann<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7285\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18.jpeg 1459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Lightning above Hasbergen<\/em>,<em>Easter 2024   Photo: Anja Drews<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-1-1024x659.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-1-1024x659.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-1-300x193.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-1-768x494.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-1-1536x988.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-1-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-22.43.18-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Summer thunderstorm above Hasbergen, in the Haslage, July 2024 Photo: Anja Drews<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to know more about this phenomenon, you can find more information about this phenomenon here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetteronline.de\/wetterlexikon\/blitze\">https:\/\/www.wetteronline.de\/wetterlexikon\/blitze<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lightning\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lightning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/atmosphaerische-phaenomene\/\">-> Zur\u00fcck zu den Atmosp\u00e4rischen Ph\u00e4nomenen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Ursache f\u00fcr Gewitterblitze ist die elektrostatische Aufladung durch die bewegten Wassertr\u00f6pfchen und Eiskristalle in den bestimmten Wolkenarten. Ist die elektrische Spannung zwischen einer Wolke und dem Erdboden oder zwischen zwei Wolken hoch genug, entstehen die hellen Lichtb\u00f6gen, die zum Ladungsausgleich f\u00fchren. Diese Leuchterscheinungen kennt nat\u00fcrlich jeder. Sie sind nicht zu \u00fcbersehen und oft auch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7120,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7207","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7207"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7304,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7207\/revisions\/7304"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos-os.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}