Lightning's mirror image ... only much bigger
Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 13:56
in Astronomy & Space
With a very lucky shot, scientists have captured a one-second image and the electrical fingerprint of huge lightning that flowed 40 miles upward from the top of a storm. These rarely seen, highly charged meteorological events are known as gigantic jets, and they flash up to the lower levels of space, or ionosphere.