Blue Jets & Blue Starters - the video

[muneco0211]

I saw a nice sprite at 1:57. I also caught a blue jet at 2:02, and a double blue jet at 3:29. That is one supercharged storm!

[Soandnb]

What defines a blue starter?

[P3ERSON]

sprites in the distance in the middle at 6:15

[Eastview605]

@P3ERSON Correct

[P3ERSON]

huge blue jet at 3:20

[somprsn2525]

its so active! do all storms look like this form the top or is this a really intense storm?

[bigbowlowrong]

@somprsn2525

It is an extremely lightning-intensive storm. In my part of the world we simply do not see storms like this, it's absolutely incredible even without all the amazing shit happening above them!

[xeus2eme]

2:51 - 2:52 blue jet on the middle.

[dragonhalberd]

I wonder wat else we can find out about blue jets and red sprites this is really mystical

[bigbowlowrong]

even without the jets and starters, that is an amazing thunderstorm. we never, ever get storms that electrically active round these parts. mesmerizing to watch.

[bdogi]

Great footage! I love this stuff.

What's the source of the music?

[Eastview605]

Gene Wescott selected the music for the background. It's from an album celebrating American Indian culture, but I don't know the name of it.

[jimgotnitro]

That is one bad-ass thunderstorm. It's incredible - The energy that these systems contain :D

[CrystEarthPaw]

it really gives you an idea of what goes on above the thunderstorms that you cant see from under it, tell me for blue jets and starters, maybe even sprites, is it possible to see them from the ground from a distance, like if you're looking towards the storm from miles away

[Eastview605]

Yes, it is possible, using the viewing geometry you mentioned. Sprites are the easiest. You need to be 100-200 mi from the storm, with a clear sky above it from your location. You're pretty brief, more so than they appear in TV video. To my knowledge the only time blue jets have been observed by naked eye is when these videos were shot. They have been filmed from the ground, but not see by naked eye.

[Jeffgoalie]

I am sooo interested in this! This is an excellent video! Thank you for posting this!

[leomeganium]

wow

[OOFUJISAN]

Well, it is amazing!

Anyone in earth already can explain the blue jets an elves?

[Eastview605]

Oofujisan, yes we have a very good understanding what causes the blue jets and elves. Elves are the simpler of the two, and are caused by lighting EMP effects on the ionosphere, which induces fluorescence. Blue jets are more complicated, appearing to originate in a temporary charge imbalance inside thunderclouds which initiates an upward streamer.

[OOFUJISAN]

Wow! Who are you, by the way? Talk like a pro.

Tell me, there is more bizarre type of lightening, doesn't? It always atracted me, since childhood.

I loved the video! Thanks.

[OOFUJISAN]

@Eastview605

ohw, hey! and i forgot the sprites! It seems to me that is somehow different from the other 2... the jets and elves. Is that it?

---Hehehehehehe one yeah ago and I still watching your video!

[evicinsurance]

Interesting, thanks.