See rare lightning shoot upward over Puerto Rico

A red flash lit up the sky over Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, in a rare form of upward lightning called a "gigantic jet." Gigantic jets shoot from the tops of thunderstorms high into the upper atmosphere, sometimes reaching all the way to the ionosphere 50 miles overhead. While this flash appeared red, gigantic jets can also appear white or blue. Watch as videographer Frankie Lucena catches the fleeting phenomenon.

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