blue jet
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- (astronomy, meteorology) An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity.
- 1999, Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, Skies of fury: weather weirdness around the world[1], Simon and Schuster, page 100:
- Mysterious bluejets can be seen with the naked eye from the ground, but they are rare and difficult to spot.
Translations
[edit]optical phenomenon
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