you can see multiple lightning bolts here. scientists have discovering it s not always visible. it s this phenomenon called dark light nij and apparently it s just as powerful. chad myers, dark lightning. what is it? more powerful in a different way. for a long time we know that thunderstorms produce gamma rays and x-rays. we didn t know where the rays were coming from. and obviously for a long time, we knew about lightning. volts, amps, it can kill you, you see it. we know about that. but if you get hit by a dark lightning, you won t die, at least not immediately. it s a radiation strike. not a lightning or bolt strike. the main way to get hit by this is if you re flying through a thunderstorm. most airplanes, pilots fly around storms so there s no real risk but if your plane gets hit by one of those dark strikes, about one in thousands would be