DISCLAIMER: I am kind of rushing right now, so if my math fails, just politely tell me. Also, some of my measurements about the moon and the speed of the lightning are based on what I have observed from the gif.
The lightning bolt that springs off of the moon
This seems to go about the distance of 1/20th the circumference in about 0.15 seconds, but it is also not directly on the moon, and was instead in the sky so it was actually going a further distance which seems to be about 1+1/3 of the radius, which is gonna mean the moon is even smaller than what we have.
We then find out how far lightning can go in 0.15 seconds which is 11.25 miles
We then multiply 11.25 miles x 20 to get the whole circumference, which is 250 miles, but this is including the whole area above the moon.
now we have to do some algebra:
Height of lightning + moon (5/4r * 3.14159 * 2) = 250 miles
r=31.8 miles
r * 3.14159 * 2 = 200 miles
Circumference = 200 miles, which is twice size of Puerto Rico!!!It is this much surface area
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