A hurricane chaser takes photos of rare red lightning bolts that look like a giant jellyfish hanging in the middle of the state of Kansas.
Hurricane Michael Gavan of Bethune, Colorado captures the bright red lightning that lit the sky.
According to Gavan, while chasing a tornado in the area, he saw poorly formed lightning bolts in the northwestern state of Kansas.
When it was clear, a large cluster of red jellyfish-shaped lightning bursts. “These brilliant jellyfish-shaped lightning bolts are easily visible to the naked eye at sunset,” Gavan said.
Heterogeneous lightning, usually red, is a large-scale discharge that occurs above the storm cloud. This type of clay usually occurs in clusters at an elevation of 50 to 90 km.
Like ordinary lightning, heteromorphic lightning only exists in the sky for less than a second. Due to the speed and location of the formation, distorted lightning is difficult to note.
According to SpaceWeather.com, abnormal lightning may become larger because the sun is currently at its minimum.
It is the least active solar period of an 11-year cycle.
Its magnetic field becomes weaker to a minimum, allowing cosmic rays from deep space to easily enter the solar system unaffected.
Previous studies have shown that cosmic rays can promote heteromorphic lightning by creating electrical paths in the atmosphere.
