Last night on the way home I saw some really powerfull orange lightning stikes. These strike were ground to cloud and nearly vertical with no branching arc'* you usually see.
When I first saw it out of the corner of my eye I thought it was some light show or something, but not once I started paying better attention. I grabbed my camera but by the time I go back to where I had a good view the front had moved off. :(

Anyone else ever see orange lightning? That was really weird.

there was a hole bunch of heat lightning last night by me

well Google found that orange lightning is usually associated with crop circles...LOL
Anyone want to fly around the Baldwinsville/ Camiluus area around Syracuse?

Never seen an orange bolt but then again I run and hide during thunderstorms.

Well I emailed the local news weatherman , Wayne Mahar, and he got back to me that he actually saw it too. He said the orange color was caused by polutants in the atmosphere that night.

Conspiracy? You be the judge...

Never seen an orange bolt but then again I run and hide during thunderstorms.

me thinks you reversed your quoting intentions

i love thunderstorms, i go out and run in em, but never seen ORANGE lightling

Before then, neither had I. Now to find out who'* polluting so much that its only occuring now. I've live in this area for over 30yrs and lightning has always been white.

I was coming back from New Jersey to my home on Long Island, NY and I'd have to say around NYC and such I saw orange-ish lightning too. When I was barely able to make out the moon between the clouds at times it seemed to have an odd tint also.