Ice crystals above clouds dance and flash according to electric

New research indicates crown flashes—twisting columns of light above storm clouds—are from ice crystals rapidly moving.

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Feb. 19 - Thunderstorm electrification

Cloud ice fraction governs lightning rate at a global scale

15 Spectacular Natural Phenomena in The Sky

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Storms Above the Desert » Langmuir Lab

Bad Astronomy Ice Crystals Above Clouds Dance to the Tune of

Clouds, ice crystals and desert dunes

Ice Crystal - an overview

UBC ATSC 113 - Lightning

Geotripper: Ice Crystals at Work in the Upper Atmosphere

Mirages and other atomospheric optic phenomena

Ice Crystal - an overview

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