
Ajit Pai @AjitPai
"Gigantic jets" are lightning flashes "born alongside regular lightning bolts, yet pointed in the opposite direction." In 2018, one shot up 50 miles, "far enough to graze the ionosphere," with about 300 coulombs of electrical charge—100x a typical bolt. https://t.co/uZOI21k2be — PolitiTweet.org