At higher altitudes, there isn't enough air for ionized molecules to combine and become neutral again, so the region stays ionized. That's what the ionosphere is.

One of the things that lightning does is to remove electrons from the radiation belts.

The amazing part for the new [daytime] event is even during daytime, even in this solar-illuminated ionosphere, the effect of the flare was huge. It was much, much more intense than the sun in terms of producing ionization.

A kite stays in the air for the same reason that if you stick your hand out a car window the wind pushes your hand backward.

You look at the floor and see the floor. I look at the floor and see molecules

To serve the human race
is to serve a neutral and peaceful leadership,
Petra Hermans