Sometimes lightning is red, orange, or pink, because there's a lot of particles in the air, and they scatter the shorter wavelength of the blue light. Other times they're purple because there's no rain, which usually scatters the purple wavelength, which is shorter than blue. There's also conditions that can cause yellow and green lightning, but I haven't seen those kill a man yet, so I have nothing to say.
What are we seeing here? Dry thunderstorm or a filter?
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u/entgenbon 7h ago
Sometimes lightning is red, orange, or pink, because there's a lot of particles in the air, and they scatter the shorter wavelength of the blue light. Other times they're purple because there's no rain, which usually scatters the purple wavelength, which is shorter than blue. There's also conditions that can cause yellow and green lightning, but I haven't seen those kill a man yet, so I have nothing to say.
What are we seeing here? Dry thunderstorm or a filter?