Thursday, 25 May 2017

acoustics - Extended sound of thunder



Why does the sound of thunder last several seconds even when lightning lasts for only fraction of a second?



Answer



This is because the different parts of a stroke are be very different in distance.


This



Reverberations and echoes of sound last longer than those of light.



is obviously wrong. Which walls or mountains are the reflectors of those echos? Which rooms do the reverberations?


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