From bolts to blue jets, lightning comes in many strange forms

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Jan 14, 2026, 3:03 pm43 pts
Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of Thor in Norse mythology or Indra in Hinduism.

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