upward lightning
English
Noun
upward lightning (plural upward lightnings)
- (astronomy, meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, in which the lightning bolt projects straight into the upper atmosphere
- 1999, Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, Skies of fury: weather weirdness around the world, Simon and Schuster:
- Mysterious bluejets can be seen with the naked eye from the ground, but they are rare and difficult to spot.
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See also
- blue starter
- bluejet
- elve
- gigantic jet
- gnome
- pixie
- red sprite
- sprelve
- sprite halo
- sprite
- transient luminous events
- troll