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heat lightning A flash of light from an electric discharge, without thunder, sometimes seen near the horizon during the late afternoon or evening, often with a clear sky overhead. It is believed to be the reflection by haze or clouds of a distant flash of lightning below the horizon, too far away for the thunder to be audible.

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