A rare glimpse of a "gigantic jet" — a huge and mysterious burst of
lightning that connects a thunderstorm with the upper atmosphere — was
made over China in 2010 and was recently described by scientists.
The gigantic jet
took place in eastern China on Aug. 12, 2010 — the farthest a
ground-based one has ever been observed from the equator, according to
the research team.
Previous jets were mainly seen in tropical or subtropical regions, but
this one took place around 35 degrees latitude, about the same as the
southern part of Tennessee in the United States.
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