Credit & Copyright: Li Xuanhua
Explanation:
Yes, but can your thunderstorm do this?
Pictured here are
gigantic jets shooting up from a
thunderstorm last week toward the
Himalayan Mountains in
China and
Bhutan.
The composite image captured four long jets that occurred only minutes apart.
Gigantic jets, documented only in this century,
are a type of lightning discharge that occurs between some
thunderstorms and the Earth's
ionosphere high above them.
They are an unusual type of lightning
that is much different from regular cloud-to-cloud and
cloud-to-ground lightning.
The bottoms of gigantic jets appear similar to a
cloud-to-above strike called
blue jets, while the tops appear similar to
upper-atmosphere
red sprites.
Although the mechanism and
trigger that cause gigantic jets remains a
topic of research,
it is clear that the jets reduce charge imbalance between different parts of
Earth's atmosphere.
A good way to look for
gigantic jets is to watch a powerful but
distant thunderstorm from a clear location.
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