From bolts to blue jets, lightning comes in many strange forms

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

Scientists finally explain how lightning forms inside storm clouds

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...
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VIDEO: Dramatic lightning streak shoots across sky in Washington D.C.

Check out this lightning streak across the sky in Washington D.C. The video is from an apartment near D.C.'s Logan Circle. It shows a bright orange lightning strike on the right side of the screen, ...
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Why some lightning doesn't actually come from the sky

Bill Burton: It's time for us to take a look at the Science Behind the Forecast as I am joined by WAVE 3 meteorologist Tawana Andrew. Good morning, Tawana. Tawana Andrew: Good morning. Today's topic ...

Lightning too can affect your GPS accuracy, satellite signals

BENGALURU: Lightning does more than light up the sky and shake the ground. A new India-wide study shows that powerful ...
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Rare Lightning, Showers Illuminate Santa Barbara Sky

The skies put on a lightning show for Santa Barbara on Tuesday night with 54 strikes in one hour recorded by the National Weather Service. Credit: Mike Eliason photo Rain and lightning illuminated the ...
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Understanding what triggers lightning — and why we need to know

Lightning has fascinated its observers since the beginning of human history. Those who painted the Lascaux cave walls in France approximately 20,000 years ago are believed to have represented it in ...
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Nearly 2,600 lightning strikes hit Central Coast during storm. See photos, video

If you were up late Tuesday night, chances are you caught that “chaotic” storm that lit up the San Luis Obispo County sky with thunder and lightning for most of the night. According to the National ...