During thunderstorms, electric discharges in the air cause trees to glow with an ultraviolet aura. You can't see it with your eyes, but researchers have finally managed to measure it & recreate it in the lab.

https://news.agu.org/press-release/thunderstorms-conjure-ghostly-coronae-in-treetops-observed-outdoors-for-the-first-time/ #science #nature

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This phenomenon has been investigated for potential production of paclitaxel, the main ingredient for taxol, an anticancer drug made from yew trees.
Almost literally milking trees.
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