Blue jet above the Earth
Image credit: TW
For the first time ever, an image has been captured of an elusive electrical phenomenon above the Earth.
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station imaged a kind of electrical discharge in the upper atmosphere known as a blue jet.
In this Space News, Thunderbolts explore why this type of intense above clouds lightning occurs, and we also ask a fundamental question: do scientists understanding lightning?
Video courtesy The Thunderbolts Project
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Nothing new here.
Zeus, a sun god, has the lightning and the thunder in his command.
Only he can use them as he wishes.
Αιθηρ =ether, the 5th element is, I believe, the answer to some of the
bewilderment in this video.
Look up Aristotle on Ether.
🙂