blue jet

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blue jet

noun blue jets · blue-jet · bluejet

An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity. Mysterious bluejets can be seen with the naked eye from the ground, but they are rare and difficult to spot.

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noun optical phenomenon

Français	jet bleu

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@misc{blue_jet_2026,
  title = {blue jet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blue%20jet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}