In a certain type of lightning that strikes upward towards the sky called upward positive flashes, a team led by astrophysicist Toma Oregel-Chaumont of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...

They also have the potential to be more damaging, because in an upward flash, lightning remains in contact with a structure for longer than it does during a downward flash, giving it more time to ...

A newly unveiled photo captured by an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) provides a rare glimpse at an upward-shooting "gigantic jet" of lightning likely extending more than 50 ...

"Blue jets and sprites are terms that are rather loosely applied to what I like to call 'upward directed lightning' (UDL). This is a rather new elusive atmospheric phenomena now extensively ...

These rare upward-shooting discharges occur when storm cloud charge layers invert, propelling energy skyward. The... A rare ‘gigantic jet’ lightning was captured by an astronaut aboard the ISS ...

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