The usual distinction between dust devils and tornadoes is blurred by the size of monstrous whirlwinds on the planet Mars. Electric discharge offers the simplest and most direct explanation for the astonishing power of the Martian dust columns.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/00current.htm
Giant Lightning to Space
What are we to think about giant lightning bolts to space? Can we think of space as
neutral or empty in the face of these spectacular discharges?
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2006/arch06/060322sprite.htm
Uauu!!
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2004/arch/041029waterspouts.htm
The Electric Earth
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2005/arch05/051012electric-earth.htm
A Record of Planetary Catastrophe
Many individuals in the Thunderbolts group contend that our planet’s sky once looked vastly different
than it does today. The Earth moved in a more dynamic electrical environment in close interaction with
other celestial bodies, including our neighboring planets.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2006/arch06/060707record.htm