'Blue jet' captured on tape

‘Blue jets' electrically connect cloud tops to the lower ionosphere. They may constitute common paths in the global electric circuit. Victor Pasko and Mark Stanley were looking for sprites above a thunderstorm 125 miles away from Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory when they caught a blue jet instead.

Video courtesy of Victor Pasko

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