Phys.org  August 8, 2022 Occasionally, lightning will exit the top of a thunderstorm and connect to the lower edge of space, forming a gigantic jet. An international team of researchers (USA – Georgia Institute of Technology, research org., Texas Tech University, University of New Hampshire, Duke University, University of Oklahoma, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Spain) reports on observations of a negative gigantic jet that transferred an extraordinary amount of charge between the troposphere and ionosphere (∼300 C). It occurred in unusual circumstances, emerging from an area of weak convection. As the discharge ascended from the cloud top, tens of very […]