ribbon lightning

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ribbon lightning [′rib·ən ‚līt·niŋ]

(geophysics)

Ordinary streak lightning that appears to be spread horizontally into a ribbon of parallel luminous streaks when a very strong wind is blowing at right angles to the observer's line of sight; successive strokes of the lightning flash are then displaced by small angular amounts and may appear to the eye or camera as distinct paths. Also known as band lightning; fillet lightning.

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