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News Release 09-156
Lightning's Mirror Image ... Only Much Bigger
Scientists capture one-second image of huge lightning flowing 40 miles upward from storm
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![a gigantic jet emerging from the horizon; the thunderstorm is 200 miles away.](/news/mmg/media/images/gigantic_jet1_f.jpg)
Trees form a horizon from which a gigantic jet emerges; the thunderstorm is 200 miles away.
Credit: Steven Cummer
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This video sequence shows a gigantic jet in a May thunderstorm in North Carolina.
Credit: Steve Cummer, Duke University
In a slow-motion, a gigantic jet in a July, 2008, N.C. storm is captured on video.
Credit: Steve Cummer, Duke University
![a gigantic jet, coming from a thunderstorm in N.C. on May 9, 2009, as it expands.](/news/mmg/media/images/gigantic_jet2_f.jpg)
A gigantic jet, coming from a thunderstorm in N.C. on May 9, 2009, as it expands.
Credit: Steve Cummer
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![a gigantic jet as it begins to form in the May 9, 2009 thunderstorm.](/news/mmg/media/images/gigantic_jet3_f.jpg)
The gigantic jet, pictured as it begins to form in the May 9, 2009 thunderstorm.
Credit: Steve Cummer
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