Incredible Image of Blue and Red Lightning Captured by Hawaii Telescope
The Weather Channel 2/27/2021 Jan Wesner Childs
A stunning image of red and blue lightning in the night sky was captured by a telescope at Hawaii s Mauna Kea Gemini Observatory.
It hardly looks real.
The photo, seen above, was released this week by the National Science Foundation s NOIR Lab, which operates the observatory.
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It was snapped by the Gemini North telescope, which sits at an altitude of about 13,800 feet. Not only does this altitude facilitate world-class astronomical observations, but Gemini North’s nighttime Cloud Cams were able to capture the extraordinary light phenomena seen on the right side of the image, a description of the photo says. The column of blue and red lights surrounded by a bright blaze of white light appears so otherworldly that it looks like it must be a special effect. This breathtaking image, however, is entirely real.