Asterion Talks on Instagram: "A blue jet is one of the most elusive electrical phenomena in Earth’s atmosphere. Unlike ordinary lightning that strikes downward, blue jets erupt upward from the tops of powerful thunderstorms, forming a narrow, cone-shaped burst of blue light that can shoot up to 50 km (30 miles) into the stratosphere in just milliseconds. Their striking blue color comes from excited nitrogen molecules glowing in the thin upper atmosphere, where air pressure is far lower than near