A type of lightning called the “Red Goblin” was photographed off the coast of Muğla’s Bodrum district. So what is this red genie?
For a few days, especially on the western coasts of our country. heavy rains and storms is seen. It belongs to our province of Muğla Basement While there was a thunderstorm in our district yesterday at night, many lightning strikes were also seen. One of these lightnings is Photographer Berkalp Turpercaught on ‘s camera and “Red GoblinIt was the lightning called “.
Here is the striking image of the Red Goblin
So how does the red genie appear?
The atmosphere is known consists of layers and one of these layers is the mesosphere. A positively charged current flows from the dense positively charged clouds in the mesosphere to the negatively charged storm clouds in the lower layers or to the ground. These structures, which are often seen as lightning bolts, 55-60 kilometers altitude It is more common in storm clouds. During the resulting electric flow, this current acquires a red appearance, thanks to the neutral nitrogen in the atmosphere.
Red goblins also exist in the upper atmosphere from lightning is also different. They are not hot electric currents like lightning, they have a different structure due to the situation called cold plasma phenomenon. If we think of lightning like an incandescent bulb red goblins It has features more similar to fluorescent lamps.
Rain is expected to continue in various regions of our country in the coming days. Other factors that emerged in different ways during this process interesting natural phenomena We can also see.