Lightning lights up a thunderstorm with a purple hue. (Supplied: Jordan Cantelo)Lightning can come in many different colours, including yellow, brown, pink and red, depending on environmental factors.

Lightning can come in many different colours, including yellow, brown, pink and red, depending on environmental factors. But ...

YOU might have heard of purple rain, but have yet ever seen purple lightning? A photographer has captured stunning photos of this natural wonder, showing a violet stream shooting out from the top o… ...

It’s not just the title of a 1980s Brat Pack movie: St. Elmo’s fire is the name given to bright, sudden flashes of apparent lightning that can dance across a cloudy sky when thunderstorms are ...

It’s not just the title of a 1980s Brat Pack movie: St. Elmo’s fire is the name given to bright, sudden flashes of apparent lightning that can dance across a cloudy sky when thunderstorms are ...

This "lightning" is actually the jet of energy beaming from the white dwarf and interacting with surrounding material. When the jet hits the material around it, it creates shock waves, according ...