The Lightning That Fires Upward Into Space
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Discover the rare and mysterious upward lightning that fires from storm clouds into space. Learn about red sprites, blue jets, and gigantic jets, and why scientists still debate these incredible phenomena. Chapters: 00:00 Lightning that fires upward 00:19 Three questions 00:38 Predicted in 1925 00:56 Thin air breaks down easily 01:21 The pilots kept saying so 01:40 Caught on a test tape 02:01 Named for what they are like 02:20 It starts with the rare kind 02:42 What actually happens 03:02 Why they are red 03:23 They are enormous 03:41 Blue jets 04:03 Elves 04:23 Gigantic jets 04:44 Weather reaching the ionosphere 05:03 Halos 05:28 Then the gamma rays 05:49 And antimatter 06:09 Why some storms and not others 06:28 The jets are the open problem 06:48 The chemistry question 07:07 Why they are hard to catch 07:31 Amateurs do the collecting 07:51 The view from orbit 08:10 They happen constantly 08:29 They had been right 08:49 They needed a camera 09:10 It was never hidden 09:30 The wrong altitude 09:44 The honest state 10:04 Nobody is watching
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