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Comment by Synaesthesia

2 days ago

The video of the sprite lightning in Tibet blew me away.

https://x.com/DarshanRajguru5/status/1940829392269463943

This is incredible. I'd like to know what the physical process is here in terms of the colors and current paths. Is the red light a product of hydrogen gas disassociated from water vapor? Spectral phenomena of glow discharge?