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Blue jet above the Earth

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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?

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Video courtesy The Thunderbolts Project

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One Comment

  1. 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.
    🙂

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