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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Gigantic Jets over Himalayan Mountains
NASA ^
| 18 Jun, 2024
| Image Credit & Copyright: Li Xuanhua
Posted on 06/18/2024 11:45:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Yes, but can your thunderstorm do this? Pictured here are gigantic jets shooting up from a thunderstorm last week toward the Himalayan Mountains in China and Bhutan. The composite image captured four long jets that occurred only minutes apart. Gigantic jets, documented only in this century, are a type of lightning discharge that occurs between some thunderstorms and the Earth's ionosphere high above them. They are an unusual type of lightning that is much different from regular cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning. The bottoms of gigantic jets appear similar to a cloud-to-above strike called blue jets, while the tops appear similar to upper-atmosphere red sprites. Although the mechanism and trigger that cause gigantic jets remains a topic of research, it is clear that the jets reduce charge imbalance between different parts of Earth's atmosphere. A good way to look for gigantic jets is to watch a powerful but distant thunderstorm from a clear location.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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06/18/2024 11:46:12 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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06/18/2024 11:46:44 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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It looks like something out of “War Of The Worlds”.
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posted on
06/18/2024 11:47:59 AM PDT
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No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: MtnClimber
What a fantastic picture! Talk about timing!
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06/18/2024 11:53:53 AM PDT
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telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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posted on
06/18/2024 11:55:12 AM PDT
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Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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posted on
06/18/2024 11:55:28 AM PDT
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: MtnClimber
Wow! That is really something. I’ve never seen that before.
On a side note, we’re having Himalayan Possum for supper, tonight...’cuz I found him a-layin’ in the road! *RIMSHOT*
Thanks! I’ll be here all week! Try the possum and don’t forget to tip your waitress! :)
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06/18/2024 12:03:08 PM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: MtnClimber
Signs in the sky and stuff.
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posted on
06/18/2024 12:04:54 PM PDT
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xoxox
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
06/18/2024 12:06:58 PM PDT
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xoxox
To: xoxox
I HAVE eaten some weird things - Alligator, Bobcat, Raccoon BBQ and Rattlesnake come first to mind.
But I truly DO draw the line at Possum! Squirrel and Rabbit too - unless we are in the Zombie Apocalypse. ;)
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06/18/2024 12:16:23 PM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: MtnClimber
now imagine seeing that X-thousand years ago...
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06/18/2024 12:26:15 PM PDT
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Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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06/18/2024 12:39:58 PM PDT
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nagant
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06/18/2024 12:53:54 PM PDT
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laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: Chode
now imagine seeing that X-thousand years ago...
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It would be freak out time.
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06/18/2024 12:55:21 PM PDT
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laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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06/18/2024 12:56:09 PM PDT
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Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Chode
And I beheld Satan fall from heaven like lightening
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06/18/2024 12:58:20 PM PDT
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null and void
(“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up”. ~ Lily Tomlin)
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think would they seek out the origin??? or shun the area...
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06/18/2024 1:00:22 PM PDT
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Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: xoxox
Since when is Pennsylvania Francophone?
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"When you're a jet you're a jet all the way."
--Westside Story
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