A bolt can be purple to pink to stunningly white ... Perhaps the strangest colors reported are instances of pink or green lightning seen during snowstorms. The phenomenon, known as”thundersnow ...

Stunning storm photos often emerged from parts of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia, many with a distinct purple hue. Lightning can come in many different colours ...

A KTVU photographer captured a stunning image of lightning flashing across a purple sky in Pacifica ... The photo showed the dark ocean, green coastal shrubs and what appeared to be a couple ...