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Re:Mystery ‘blue lights’ flash in sky moments before Morocco... by bodelecta on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @06:53PM (#37489715)
It's not some phenomenon, it's shitty sensationalism from the UK's worst "newspaper". I'm still surprised it didn't go the same was as the news of the world. The UK would be a better place without media like this including the people who work for them.
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Re:Mystery ‘blue lights’ flash in sky moments before Morocco... by dathinab on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @07:06PM (#37489857)
> It's not some phenomenon,

I would say probably

depending on the kind of earthquake and sediment/ground/stone it can involve a bunch of friction not just in the crust which could create electric charge which could lead to ground to sky/cloud lightning

which would make it a (normal non mystical) natural phenomena

if you look at this random googled photo of ground to sky lightning (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/567172146806422809/) it color and form wise can "close enough" match the observed behavior

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