Lightning bolt breaks record for longest ever recorded

Purple space 'lightning' spews from stellar corpse, creating cosmic shock waves (photo, video)

A 477-mile-long lightning bolt became the largest ever recorded when it spanned the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during a storm in 2020.

Megaflash! Two new world records for lightning. A single bolt extended 477.2 miles/ A flash lasting 17.102 seconds. “I never knew this was possible”.