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General Weather/Earth Sciences Topics => Lightning => Topic started by: miraculon on July 11, 2019, 08:56:59 AM
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Last evening, I saw a reddish lightning bolt over Lake Huron. I have seen this before, but it is unusual and most strikes are the brilliant white as expected.
I am not referring to Sprites, which most searches come up with for red lightning.
I saw one explanation of dust causing the tinge, but I doubt this. The very next stroke was blue-white. If it were dust, I would expect to see them all with a tint.
I suspect that it is some kind of variation in the plasma due to voltage or current.
This thread on Yahoo (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110726170631AAGx4tF) has some posters suggesting that it is related to the temperature of the stroke.
Anyone have any authoritative info on this?
Greg H.
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No two bolts are close enough to each other to be able to compare atmosphere between you and them visually. My guess may be a rain shaft obscured part of one. Or it could just be that one was much farther away.
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I would also suggest far away.