Gigantic, supercharged lightning-bolt jets get mapped for first time

Lightning strikes behind an aircraft on the flightline at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, June 8, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David D. McLoney)

Lightning strikes behind an aircraft on the flightline at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, June 8, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David D. McLoney)

(JERUSALEM POST) -- Gigantic supercharged lightning bolt jets were mapped out for the first time in a study published on Wednesday.

Researchers examined the most powerful gigantic jet studied yet, which occurred in Oklahoma with 100 times more electrical charge than a regular lightning bolt.

In the peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Science Advances, researchers created a three-dimensional map of the Oklahoma jet, according to corresponding author Levi Boggs, a scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute.

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