Could lightning be creating antimatter in our atmosphere?

[ISamson]

A recent article from phys.org says that a Japanese team of scientists have detected gamma rays coming from lightning strikes, which react with atmospheric Nitrogen and release a positron.

Who would have thought that!

 

[jedishrfu]

Some more details:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-lightning-afterglow-gamma.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_gamma-ray_flash