For ten points, identify these bright flashes of electrical discharge usually seen during a thunderstorm.
Lichtenberg figures appear the skin of people who are victims of this phenomenon, and the formation of red colored sprites is due to the positive type of this phenomenon. Gamma rays produced from this phenomenon may carry the potency of a CT scan, and this phenomenon is capable of producing (*) St. Elmo's fire. It is categorized as IC, CC, and CG, and its ball variety is rumored to appear as spherical plasma. They reach temperatures of five times the surface of the Sun's, and metal rods protect buildings from being struck by them. For ten points, identify these bright flashes of electrical discharge usually seen during a thunderstorm.
Lichtenberg figures appear the skin of people who are victims of this phenomenon, and the formation of red colored sprites is due to the positive type of this phenomenon.
lightning [accept ball lightning before “Lichtenberg”] &lt;EC&gt;