Sound: Speed of Sound

The video explains that thunder and lightning occur simultaneously, but light is seen before thunder is heard due to the faster speed of light compared to sound. It provides a method to estimate the distance of a storm by calculating the time delay between seeing lightning and hearing thunder, with a 3-second delay per kilometer or a 5-second delay per mile. Light travels over 800,000 times faster than sound.

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