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<a href="/tags/thunderstorm/" rel="tag">#Thunderstorm</a> rolled through the <a href="/tags/pnw/" rel="tag">#PNW</a> tonight, taken from the Edmonds waterfront. <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/wawx/" rel="tag">#WaWx</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#Weather</a> <a href="/tags/lightning/" rel="tag">#Lightning</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a>

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On July 3rd, astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare Gigantic jet from the ISS. These upward directed electrical discharges extend 90-100 km high into the atmosphere.I processed this image from the RAW file, adjusting the white balance, contrast and noise reduction.Full resolution: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2rhxqcK" rel="nofollow">https://flic.kr/p/2rhxqcK</a>Image Credit: Nichole Ayers / NASA JSC / ESRS / Simeon Schmauß<a href="/tags/iss/" rel="tag">#ISS</a> <a href="/tags/lightning/" rel="tag">#lightning</a> <a href="/tags/thunderstorm/" rel="tag">#thunderstorm</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/giganticjet/" rel="tag">#giganticjet</a> <a href="/tags/tle/" rel="tag">#tle</a> <a href="/tags/transientluminousevent/" rel="tag">#transientluminousevent</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a>

Photograph taken from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers, capturing a rare gigantic jet — an upward lightning discharge shooting from a thunderstorm about 90-100 km high into the upper atmosphere. The jet appears as a vivid purple and blue column of light that finely branches out toward the top where it turns into a vivid red color. It's rising from a brightly illuminated cloud top, surrounded by diffuse city lights from Northern Mexico and South Texas. Behind it is the curved limb of Earth with a green band from the airglow layer indicating the edge of the atmosphere. A portion of the space station’s robotic arm is visible in the foreground.

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