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Upper atmospheric lightning, including what’s known as a blue jet, has been caught on camera and shared by The European Space Agency (ESA). The visualization is based on data gathered by the International Space Station. “A blue jet is a form of lightning that shoots upwards from thunderstorm clouds. They can reach as far as 50 km into the stratosphere and last less than a second,” ESA said. The blue jet was observed in a storm over the Pacific Ocean, near the island of Nauru in February 2019, Sc