St. Elmo's fire is a weather phenomenon where a luminous plasma appears on pointed objects during thunderstorms.

Titan arum, the corpse flower, has the largest unbranched inflorescence (flower cluster) of any plant.

Some people survive being struck by lightning multiple times.

The world's largest musical instrument is the Stalacpipe Organ in Luray Caverns, Virginia — it uses stalactites as keys.

Akrotiri was preserved under volcanic ash on Santorini.

Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

Thundersnow — lightning during a snowstorm — occurs when thunderstorm conditions coincide with temperatures below freezing.

The 2018 Camp Fire became one of California's deadliest wildfires.

The longest recorded lightning bolt stretched hundreds of miles.