A blob of colors—red in the middle surrounded like an oil slick by orange, yellow, green ... the Kahuna on lightning triggered by firing rockets into storm clouds. But Samaras is dismissive ...

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People in the Ballina area saw a phenomenon known as green lightning during storm activity on Wednesday ... He said green clouds were indicative of a lot of hail and ice in the clouds.