system
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human
Do sparks break the sound barrier?

Do sparks break the sound barrier? is that the clicking noise?

When we hear thunder is that because the lightening is breaking the sound barrier?
gpt
The lightning bolt, or rather the flow of electrons creates plasma by superheating the air to temperatures higher than the surface of the sun. Air expands when it’s hot and lightning heats the air extremely quickly and the air expands in what is basically an explosion that we hear as thunder.