There are many phenomenal ways lightning can manifest itself.
Perhaps the most spectacular of them all is upward-moving lightning.
Upward moving lightning or ground to cloud lightning
Is the rarest of strikes and leaps upward from mountains or tall man-made structures such as skyscrapers or radio towers.
On more rare occasions, 2 upward moving lightning strikes reach for the sky together.
And you know what's more astonishing than to upward moving strikes?
Just wait it's about to get way weirder.
On this extremely strange evening something new and bizarre was occurring in the distance.
A cluster of six simultaneous lightning discharges striking up
And for all you early viewers, just want you to know you're among the first in the world to ever see this...
A cluster of 14 simultaneous upward moving discharges.
So what the heck is going on?
Look closer and you might see a clue.
Wind energy is sweeping across the stormy Plains and as it turns out these fields of towering turbines are sparking more power than planned
Blades composed of materials that can accumulate charge extending over a hundred meters tall makes them prime targets out here.
By congregating groups of turbines together it appears we've summoned a new form of lightning into our world.
For now in my notes, I'm calling them simultaneous upward moving clusters. Upward clusters for short
In 2014, I witnessed a mind-blowing lightning show. Later that year the bar was lifted by the storm of a lifetime.
Then last year I saw an even crazier storm and called it "the ultimate lightning storm."
But this one...
I'm running out of adjectives here.
So yeah, exciting stuff!
I'm really looking forward to science shedding some light on these upward clusters
And I'm currently working to bring you guys a more detailed analysis of this strange new phenomenon.
'Til next time, happy trails!