4 ms·
I'm hoping a resident atmospheric scientist and/or geologist will show up with answers. There's probably a very good explanation for the (electrical?) bolt of
by eric_bullington 12y ago
I'm hoping a resident atmospheric scientist and/or geologist will show up with answers. There's probably a very good explanation for the (electrical?) bolt of light that he saw at first and the green color of the night sky, and I'd bet almost anything that both have to do with submarine volcanic eruptions.
- codezero 12y agoI think the answers about it being an underwater lava formation sound reasonable. If it were in/around a cloud, and maybe a bit more transient, I'd be tempted to say it was a red sprite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(lightning) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(lightning) Sprites/elves are my favorite atmospheric effect :)
- dnautics 12y agoI asked my vulcanologist friend and she said it could not be underwater lava.
- eric_bullington 12y agoMaybe she would write a blog post about it?