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International Space Station sheds light on blue jets from thunderstorms

02 Feb 2021
Thunderstorm from the ISS
View from above photograph of blue jets taken by ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen on board the International Space Station in 2015. (Courtesy: ESA/NASA)
Intense “blue jets” that form during thunderstorms and extend into the stratosphere have been st

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