The lightning hypothesis for ashen light has fallen out of favor because lightning does not generate enough light to be observed as ashen light.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including a peer-reviewed article, quantitative analysis, and spacecraft observational data (Akatsuki) converging on the same conclusion. [tier=gold indep_score=0.838 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Ashen light (wikipedia)
- https://www.mvas-ny.org/php/TTArticle.php?articleID=119 (corroboration)
- https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/ashen-light-mystery-venus-dark-side-glow (corroboration)
- https://explainingscience.org/2025/11/15/the-mystery-of-the-ashen-light-of-venus/ (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0032063369900014 (corroboration)