The edge of the Earth is seen from space at night. The curving horizon is tinted green but a red and blue jet rises from left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
夜晚从太空中看到的地球边缘。弯曲的地平线呈绿色，但左侧有一股红蓝相间的喷流升起。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
A landscape showing a night sky over distant mountains is shown. Lakes dot the foreground in front of the mountains. Extending from above the mountains into the night sky are six bright jets. The jets are violet at the bottom but red at the top. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
图中是一幅风景画，画中远处群山之上是夜空。群山前方，湖泊点缀在前景中。六条明亮的喷流从群山之上延伸到夜空中。喷流底部呈紫色，顶部呈红色。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
2021年9月29日 Gigantic Jet Lightning from Puerto Rico Video Credit & Copyright: Frankie Lucena Explanation: Have you ever seen a gigantic jet? They are extremely rare but tremendously powerful. Gigantic jets are a type of lightning discharge documented only this century that occur between some thunderstorms and the Earth’s ionosphere high above them. Pictured above is the middle and top of one such jet caught last week by a lightning and meteor camera from Puerto Rico, USA. The jet traversed perhaps 70 kilometers in just under one second. Gigantic jets are much different from regular cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning. The bottoms of gigantic jets appear similar in appearance to another type cloud-to-above strike called blue jets, while the tops appear similar to upper-atmosphere red sprites. Although…
