Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted spy plane soaring at 20 kilometers up revealed storms glowing and ...

an airplane can actually be struck by lightning even when there isn't a thunderstorm happening. Normally, lightning is generated when opposing electrical charges build up between a storm cloud and ...

They are capable of growing higher than an airplane flies and taller than ... of Freedom Tower in New York City. As the storm matures, the clouds grow taller. On average, thunderstorm clouds ...