Watch: Rare ‘upside-down lightning’ noticed in Puerto Rico

A photographer Wednesday morning caught a uncommon phenomenon on video throughout thunderstorms in Puerto Rico. 

The phenomenon, referred to as a huge jet, is a Transient Luminous Event (TLE) and appears like upside-down purple lightning. 

It’s a uncommon factor to see in individual, not to mention seize on digicam. 

In the quick video clip, a fast little burst of purple flashed by way of the sky, earlier than shortly disappearing. 

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NASA stated gigantic jets are seen by likelihood, and are a strong kind {of electrical} discharge that extends from the highest of a thunderstorm into the higher ambiance. 

A slowed-down model of the video confirmed the large jet, with a purpleish-pink hue on the base, earlier than flaring into vivid purple branches within the sky. 

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“Gigantic jets appear when the turbulent conditions at towering thunderstorm tops allow for lightning to escape the thunderstorm, propagating upwards toward space,” NASA reported. 

In July, NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers captured a photograph of a huge jet whereas aboard the International Space Station. 

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For a quick time, it was debated if what Ayers caught on digicam was a huge jet or one other TLE known as a sprite. 

Sprites can seem just like gigantic jets however happen a lot increased within the ambiance. NASA decided in August that the photograph Ayers caught from the ISS was a huge jet.

More associated phenomenons embody ELVEs, blue jets and ghosts, all of that are recognized TLEs, and happen effectively above Earth’s floor within the stratosphere, mesosphere and even the thermosphere.

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