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A dart leader (also known as a continuous leader; may have been referred to by Feynman as a dark leader ) is the cloud
Cloud

A cloud is a visible mass of Drop or frozen crystals floating in the Celestial body atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body....
-to-ground movement of electron
Electron

The electron is a subatomic particle that carries a negative electric charge. It has elementary particle and is believed to be a point particle....
s which occurs just before a secondary lightning
Lightning

File:Blesk.jpgLightning is an Earth's atmosphere discharge of electricity usually accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcano or dust storms....
 strike. The dart leader is similar to a step leader, because it is not as intense as the main strike, yet serves to ionize the air
AIR

Air is the part of Earth's atmosphere that humans breath and as such Air .Air may also refer to:...
 between the cloud and the ground, allowing electrical breakdown
Electrical breakdown

The term electrical breakdown has several similar but distinctly different meanings. The term can apply to the failure of an electrical network....
 of the path of the lightning strike.








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A dart leader (also known as a continuous leader; may have been referred to by Feynman as a dark leader ) is the cloud
Cloud

A cloud is a visible mass of Drop or frozen crystals floating in the Celestial body atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body....
-to-ground movement of electron
Electron

The electron is a subatomic particle that carries a negative electric charge. It has elementary particle and is believed to be a point particle....
s which occurs just before a secondary lightning
Lightning

File:Blesk.jpgLightning is an Earth's atmosphere discharge of electricity usually accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcano or dust storms....
 strike. The dart leader is similar to a step leader, because it is not as intense as the main strike, yet serves to ionize the air
AIR

Air is the part of Earth's atmosphere that humans breath and as such Air .Air may also refer to:...
 between the cloud and the ground, allowing electrical breakdown
Electrical breakdown

The term electrical breakdown has several similar but distinctly different meanings. The term can apply to the failure of an electrical network....
 of the path of the lightning strike.

See also

  • Stepped leader
    Stepped leader

    A stepped leader is a path of ionization air which extends downward from a thundercloud during the initial stages of electrical breakdown during a lightning strike....
  • Lightning
    Lightning

    File:Blesk.jpgLightning is an Earth's atmosphere discharge of electricity usually accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcano or dust storms....
  • Positive streamer
    Positive streamer

    A positive streamer is the bit of a lightning bolt that rises from the ground before the lightning strikes, often determining the path of the cloud-to-ground lightning....