The glow of coronae are much easier to see in the nearly pitch-dark environment of a meteorology and atmospheric science lab at Penn State, left. On right, the spruce branch produces coronae during a thunderstorm, yet there is too much visible light from the sun to see these coronae glows with our eyes. Credit: William Brune / Penn State In June 2024, a group of Penn State meteorology and atmospheric science researchers set out on a road trip along the East Coast in a modified 2013 Toyota