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Related: About this forumImage of Blue Lightning
A streak of blue jet lightning was captured by pilot and photographer Thijs Bors in the Northern Territory, Australia, during a thunderstorm. Blue jets are cones of blue light that spray upwards from the tops of thunderclouds. They can reach up to 25 miles, and strike at approximately 22,000mph.
Picture: THIJS BORS / CATERS NEWS
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Image of Blue Lightning (Original Post)
n2doc
Aug 2014
OP
There is lots of video out there taken from the Space Station and the Space Shuttle
GETPLANING
Aug 2014
#9
groundloop
(11,518 posts)1. Very cool.... definitely some interesting physics going on in that storm
niyad
(113,216 posts)2. k and r and thank you for that beautiful image.
hunter
(38,309 posts)3. We live on an amazing planet.
We ought to be taking good care of it.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)10. ^^^ this^^^ n/t
tclambert
(11,085 posts)4. Darn aliens are shooting at us again.
We gotta get up there and kick some little green ass.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,713 posts)5. Thanks n...
Saw this once in real life..
The memories you brought forth are cherished.
Again thanks.
piolts and others have been reporting this phenomina for years and have been poo pooped by sscientsts untill these were photographed by astronauts . very lovely photo indeed .
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)7. Reminds me of the last time we were lighting farts....
That didn't go well.
cntrygrl
(356 posts)8. I've never seen nor heard of this. Thank you! n/t
GETPLANING
(846 posts)9. There is lots of video out there taken from the Space Station and the Space Shuttle
of this phenomenon. It is fascinating and beautiful.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)11. Thank you. Beautiful.
New to me. Did not know. WOW
sakabatou
(42,146 posts)12. Ah, a sprite
alfredo
(60,071 posts)13. Beautiful.
FlaGranny
(8,361 posts)14. Interesting and beautiful
I would have expected a bigger storm would be required for these to develop.