Thunderstorms have been shown to create positrons and send them to space. As the late, great, Johnny Carson of the Tonight Show used to say, “That is some weird, wild, stuff“.
NASA’s Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space
TGFs produce high-energy electrons and positrons. Moving near the speed of light, these particles travel into space along Earth’s magnetic field. High Energy Electrons in yellow, positrons in green- click to enlarge
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