Lightning is a brilliant flash of light produced by an electrical discharge from a storm cloud.

闪电是一种因为暴风云放电而产生的一种明亮闪光。

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The idea of forcing storm clouds to discharge their lightning on command is not new.

迫使雷雨云应要求放出闪电的想法并不新鲜。

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In 1752, Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightning was a form of electricity.

1752年，本杰明·富兰克林将一把钥匙系在风筝上，在暴风雨中放飞，他发现了闪电是电的一种形式。

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But while of particular interest to the electrical storm specialists at Cardiff University, lightning is just one of the many extreme weather phenomena encountered by planes when in the air.

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