What causes lightning?

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The attraction between two likely charged clouds

Excessive Magnetic field in the atmosphere

Excessive electric charge in the atmosphere

Increased chemical energy in the atmosphere

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Excessive electric charge in the atmosphere causes lightning.
When a charged cloud passes over an uncharged cloud, the uncharged cloud obtains an opposite charge. Later when two oppositely charged clouds come close to each other they attract and strongly combine to produce large amounts of heat, light, and sound thus causing lightning.

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