Sprites, Jets, and Glowing Balls: The Science of Lightning

Ever wonder how lightning works? Scientists are still figuring it out, but what we do know is fascinating. Learn about positive and negative lightning, red sprites, blue jets, and ball lightning in this episode of SciShow!

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Sources:
Basics about lightning (types and positive/negative)
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys1...
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/sv...
https://www.ec.gc.ca/foudre-lightning...
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...
https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/myster...
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream...
http://news.discovery.com/earth/is-li...
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/lig...
https://www.unz.org/Pub/SaturdayRev-1...
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream...
http://science.howstuffworks.com/natu...

Red Sprites and Blue Jets
http://www.ee.psu.edu/directory/facul...
http://www.popsci.com/what-red-sprite
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...
http://elf.gi.alaska.edu/

Ball lightning
https://www.newscientist.com/article/...
http://www.ipp.mpg.de/ippcms/eng/pres...
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-mystery-...
http://physics.aps.org/articles/v7/5
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-instance...
http://news.discovery.com/earth/weath...

Image sources:
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/v...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Li...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
   • Andreas Mogensen captures gigantic li...  
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...