# Crown By [Untitled](https://paragraph.com/@0x8336b94db2cbb98e2aadc6da516af86a737dcdd7) ยท 2023-11-12 --- Crown flash is a rarely observed meteorological phenomenon created by ice crystals aligned by a strong electric field around a cumulonimbus cloud, resembling a flash of a searchlight beam --- *Originally published on [Untitled](https://paragraph.com/@0x8336b94db2cbb98e2aadc6da516af86a737dcdd7/crown)*