From Wikipedia
"Natural capacitors have existed since prehistoric times. The most common example of natural capacitance are the static charges accumulated between clouds in the sky and the surface of the Earth, where the air between them serves as the dielectric. This results in bolts of
lightning when the breakdown voltage of the air is exceeded.
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Static electricity too, from your 'charged" body to your unsuspecting partner's lips :-)
Lightening, the big flashes, are from the ground to the clouds!
https://earthscience.stackexchange.c...-the-ground-up?