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Lightning often appears slightly bluish.

To be honest, I couldn't tell you if this is due to the high temperature (very hot things, like for example the flames on a gas stove, appear blue) or if it's got something to do with ionization (the atmosphere is mostly nitrogen, and I've seen ionized nitrogen's emission spectrum and would describe it as a pale blue-violet) or if it's just a visual artifact caused by the color sensing cells in your retina overloading (like they do when a camera flash goes off in your eyes and you see spots for a while afterward).

It might even be a combination of all three.

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