Extremely Rare Capture of "Blue Jets" Upper Atmospheric Lightning

On August 5, 2021, I captured several "blue jets," a rare form of upper atmospheric lightning that are labeled as transient luminous events (TLE). These were captured in the small town of Rio Rico, Arizona from a distance of about 100 miles. Blue jets are difficult to capture and require a camera with high sensitivity to light and wide aperture lenses. In addition, very dark skies are required to see blue jets, sprites, or other TLEs. Arizona's dark skies are a favorite amongst astrophotographers, and southern Arizona provides incredible views of the Milky Way, meteors, stars, and the night sky.
Captured on the Sony alpha 1 camera and Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 lens (This is not a sponsored video). DM for licensing.

[@Applebottompenis]

Best footage ive found of blue jets, thanks for sharing! Been a lifelong storm observer but never seen anything like this.

[@shelleychipps4880]

Very nice, Lori!! They reminded me of the sprites, usually seen in higher elevations, but even more so, they looked like the “earthquake lights” that were observed during / right after that 7.0 EQ the other day, near Acapulco!!!

[@LoriGraceAz]

Thanks, Shelly! I was actually seeking to capture sprites that night and ended up with something different like this. I'll take it!

[@nathanaelmcguire7762]

Some of the best videos I've seen online of these jets! I'm curious though - why are these jets colored purple rather than the typical blue color?

[@violentplainsdotcom]

Congratulations! Giant Blue Jets are like the unicorn of transient luminous event.

[@LoriGraceAz]

Thanks! I didn't know fewer than 100 have ever been captured!

[@mikelopez4533]

Those are wild! gonna have to keep an eye peeled! Thanks for the great video!

[@eldiegoasecas]

really impressive

[@GaiaCarney]

Amazing captures 😲

[@icn3d]

Wow very cool.

[@kl4888]

So amazing! First time to hear about blue jets.

[@LoriGraceAz]

Thanks!

[@Basicbill]

Excellent capture.

[@LoriGraceAz]

Thanks!

[@devinrussel9509]

Well done, Lori!

[@LoriGraceAz]

Thanks, Devin!

[@celeno31]

amazing!

[@LoriGraceAz]

Thank you Alain!