--- title: Electrifying volcano eruption set off the most extreme... description: Electrifying volcano eruption set off the most extreme lightning ever recorded on Earth. The Hunga volcano was at its most temperamental on January 15, 2021,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/electrifying-volcano-eruption-set-off-the-most-extreme-lightning-detected-pdsno2lj0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Electrifying volcano eruption set off the most extreme lightning detected | daily.dev og:description: Electrifying volcano eruption set off the most extreme lightning ever recorded on Earth. The Hunga volcano was at its most temperamental on January 15, 2021,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/electrifying-volcano-eruption-set-off-the-most-extreme-lightning-detected-pdsno2lj0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pdsNo2lJ0.png og:image:alt: Electrifying volcano eruption set off the most extreme lightning detected og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Electrifying volcano eruption set off the most extreme lightning detected **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Electrifying volcano eruption set off the most extreme lightning ever recorded on Earth. The Hunga volcano was at its most temperamental on January 15, 2021, when a volcanic plume exploded about 58 km (36 mi) into the sky. Lightning shot up to 30 km (19 miles) high, beating even cyclones and supercells. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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