Instead of focusing on large-scale lightning, Zare’s team explored electrical interactions between charged waterdroplets as tiny as 1 micron in diameter. “The big droplets are positively charged.

This is the archetypal lightning bolt, one that arcs out of the sky and smites the ground with a great, often flickering flash of light. Lightning is the sudden release of built-up charge stored ...

There was a lightning flash that lasted for approximately 15 seconds. The sky lit up as if it were daylight. The sound was loud but not sharp as with normal lightning. The sound was long and ...