Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Thunderstorms certainly treat surface-dwellers to light shows, but ...

Red lightning can also occur when light rain is falling — though not usually during heavy rainfall. Blue lightning occurs ... which illuminates the background. If they continue walking after ...

These elusive lightning strikes are called “bolts from the blue”, as they appear to come from clear blue skies, originating from the anvil of a distant thunderstorm. When thunder roars ...

Artist's rendering of blue jet lightning blasting from a storm cloud ... erupts from the top of the clouds in a column of blue light firing toward space. These colorful flashes are called blue ...

The leading culprit behind elves and sprites is positive lightning. Blue jets are cones of blue light brighter than sprites that spray upward from the tops of thunderclouds up to an altitude of ...

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light ... A blue jet – a bolt of lightning that shoots ...