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TPL Inc
Distance: 48.8 Mi3921 Academy Pkwy N
87109 Albuquerque -
Nott Limited
Distance: 146.6 Mi4001 La Plata Highway
87401 Farmington
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A typical lightning bolt is composed of an electrical energy core inch to inch thick surrounded by a 4 inch channel of hot air. The temperature can approach 60,000 degrees - several times the temperature of the sun's surface; the electrical force generated can reach two hundred million volts with power of two hundred thousand amps. Lightning is necessary to establish chemical reactions in the soil and is considered a friend of the farmer. A bolt of electricity creates nitrous oxide gas in the air, which dissolves in the rain and is absorbed by the soil. Some scientists estimate that lightning plays the major role in bringing useful nitrogen to the soil.