How eerie green lightning zapped an erupting volcano

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 12:00 in Earth & Climate

SAN FRANCISCO — A storm of charged particles coursing through a volcanic ash cloud sparked the spectacular green lightning seen at Chile's Chaiten Volcano in 2008, a researcher said here Monday at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

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