Strange phenomena about lightning

Stone lightning, Saint Elmo fire, black lightning attack commercial airplanes are mysterious and extremely rare phenomena of nature that scientists need to worry about.

Elves lightning

Elves consist of horizontal flashes in about a millisecond and formed in the ionosphere above the storm clouds about 60 miles (97km). The term Elves stands for "Very low frequency and light disturbance from electrical pulse sources". Light sources formed by collisions between electric molecules and nitrogen molecules can light up the entire night sky. Their color is still a question for the scientific world, but most people agree that it is a bright red color.

A space shuttle discovered the first Elves phenomenon off the coast of South America in 1990 and it rarely appears. However, before witnessing Elves, astronomers recognized their existence based on scientific theories.

Distinct Lightning Lightning Sprites

Lightning Sprites look like a giant glowing red jellyfish.

Lightning Sprites are red flashing rays that appear on storm clouds and have many different shapes. Scientists accidentally discovered this strange phenomenon in 1989 when studying the data segment from the shuttle. It appears quite short and resembles a glowing red jellyfish with a red-orange cloud forming the lower fringes and a circle above. They usually appear at a distance of 80km to 145km above the ground.

Scientists argue that lightning sprites are one of the causes of inexplicable crash incidents of vehicles with higher range than storm clouds.

Black clay

Black lightning releases 10 times the amount of radiation when taking X-rays and can be dangerous to humans.

Black lightning consists of high-energy gamma rays and is so bright that it can only be viewed from hundreds of kilometers outside the outer space. They often appear in storms, at high altitudes of commercial aircraft. Scientists believe that, when airplanes enter storms, passengers and crew can receive up to 10 times more radiation than humans suffer from X-rays. This level can be harmful to human health, especially for cancer patients.

Many people may be victims of black lightning without knowing it. However, airplanes rarely hit black lightning, because air traffic control stations often instructed airplanes to avoid storms in bad weather.

Green clay

The shape of blue lightning looks like a shooting star.

This strange phenomenon formed above the storm clouds. It looked like a shooting star and moved in the ionosphere about 40km to 80km from the ground. It lasts only a few milliseconds but is brighter than the lightning Elves and Sprites.

Saint Elmo fire

Saint Elmo flames appear on the wing when it flies through the storm.

Saint Elmo fire is a phenomenon of glowing plasma that appears as a fire on other objects. It was born in thunderstorms with thunderstorms or a volcanic explosion. Many also saw Saint Elmo's sparks flying from the wings of the plane as they moved in the storm.

This phenomenon is named after Saint Elmo, the guardian of the sailor because they often appear on the sea, making sailors fearful. In many cases, due to the reaction between nitrogen and oxygen, Elmo also emits blue or violet light.

Lightning

Lightning is the phenomenon of discharge in the air. The nature of this type is still controversial. These are hovering spherical glowing objects sized from pea to several meters. It sometimes appears during thunderstorms. Unlike lightning strikes that appear only with a long trail and disappear quickly, lightning globes, hovering and exist for many seconds. They can move through the glass and the walls into the house then explode unexpectedly.

However, meteorologists still have no evidence of lightning. Many people confused the appearance of lightning with the sight of UFOs.