The lightning strikes throughout the Hunga Tonga-Ha’apai explosion were a record for a volcanic eruption. u000bOn Jan. 13 a blast above the surface caused a major lightning event lasting through ...

The lightning from thunderstorms is one possible origin. This produces a relatively small amount of nitrates today but might have been important early in Earth’s history. The famous Miller-Urey ...

Volcanic lightning has been documented in around 200 eruptions over the past 200 years. The phenomenon, which lasts for just a split second, is difficult to capture on camera.

Photographer Martin Reitze, 55, recently captured stunning images of volcanic lightning at the Ebeko volcano in Russia. PINK GRASSHOPPER, UNUSUAL AND 'EXTREMELY RARE,' SPOTTED IN UK GARDEN ...

The shocking things scientists found about this extremely powerful volcanic eruption The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai submarine volcano produced a record 2,600 lightning flashes per minute June 25, 2023 ...

The closely observed Hunga Haʻapai volcano in Tonga erupted in January 2022. The hot plumes of ash they spew into the atmosphere are the most dangerous part of these eruptions, threatening ...

Flying through swollen plumes of volcanic ash can cause clogged air filters and even complete engine failure. In 1982, volcanic ash caused all four engines on a Boeing 747 to shut down mid-flight.

The profoundly dangerous Taal volcano in the Philippines produced a scintillating, and at times mesmerizing, lightning show on Jan.12, 2020.

Volcanic eruption sparked a weeklong thunderstorm, and scientists want to know why The supercharged blast in Indonesia generated more than 100,000 lightning strikes over six days.

Now, researchers report observations of the same Hunga eruption in Tonga producing a lofty volcanic thunderstorm that produced the most intense lightning ever recorded. At its peak, the sprawling ...

Wow. Last year's colossal eruption of the Hunga undersea volcano near Tonga produced the most intense lightning storm ever recorded on Earth, scientists announced in a new study published this ...

Even that large amount of lightning creates a relatively small amount of nitrate. But rare, huge eruptions, of the kind that happen only every 100,000 years or so, could create much more.