Volcanic Lightning at Sakurajima, Japan (IMAGE)

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Volcanic Lightning at Sakurajima, Japan

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Volcanic eruptions, like this one at Sakurajima volcano in Japan, produce beautiful displays of lightning. Two new studies have shed some light on the processes that lead to this phenomenon.

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Corrado Cimarelli

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