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Ptah

(33,023 posts) Wed Sep 18, 2019, 12:45 AM Sep 2019

Gigantic Jet Lightning over India - Astronomy Picture of the Day - 2019 September 18

Yes, but can your lightning bolt do this? While flying from Munich to Singapore earlier this month, an industrious passenger took images of a passing lightning storm and caught something unexpected: gigantic jet lightning. The jet was captured on a single 3.2-second exposure above Bhadrak, India.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190918.html