A photographer based out of Puerto Rico has captured stunning images of upside-down lightning created by the storm event that eventually escalated into Hurricane Franklin.

The sky turns dark, a heavy rain falls and a bolt of lightning crackles through the air. But instead of striking down toward the ground, or zipping sideways between clouds, this lightning bolt ...

Scientists detected the most powerful gigantic jet lightning bolt — a lightning bolt that shoots up out of a cloud into the ionosphere — ever. ... Sign out; RSS. ... upside-down lightning strikes.

Sign out; RSS. Sign up to our newsletter ... occurring as few as 1,000 times a year and packing more than 50 times the power of a typical lightning bolt. The upside-down bolts can climb more ...

Sign out; RSS. Sign up to our newsletter ... occurring as few as 1,000 times a year and packing more than 50 times the power of a typical lightning bolt. The upside-down bolts can climb more ...

All thunderstorms produce lightning, every bolt of which releases around 1 billion joules worth of energy. That's enough to keep a 60-watt light bulb on for over six months.

Sprites are one of a series of lightning phenomena with fantastical names. There are also elves and giant jets. Check out this incredible upside-down lightning bolt that grazed the edge of space.

A series of lightning strikes spidered across the New York City skyline the evening of Saturday, April 1, a few of which stretched from the World Trade Center into the clouds above in a dazzling ...

Gigantic jets, which are 50 times more powerful than typical lightning bolts and can reach the edge of space, were seen erupting out of Hurricane Franklin near Puerto Rico.