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Old 03-07-2012, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward View Post
St. Elmo's is pretty common... the triplex windscreens can put on quite a static show in cloud at night.

But the best show I have seen has been "blue jets" -very rarely seen- at the top of very active storms... effectively positrons headed toward space. (worth Googling) Looks rather like faint blue plasma. Quite amazing.

Sadly.... didn't have a camera on me that night !
Sounds very cool - you'll have to go searching for some storms...

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