Hosted on MSN11mon
Astronaut captures eerie 'red jellyfish sprite' high above the Earth
Like regular lightning strikes, the sprites occur following a build-up of electrical charge within clouds. With red sprites, however, the discharge occurs up to 80 kilometers (50 miles) above the ...
Indiatimes19d
What is Sprite, a rare red lighting captured by NASA
One of the frames in the timelapse had a red sprite. A rare event. My knowledge is pretty much just from Wikipedia but I want to know more. 50mm lens, f1.2, 1/5s, ISO 3200 pic.twitter.com ...
Business Insider India9y
Astronauts have captured a rare image of a giant red sprite from space
Below is a closer look at this oddity. Note the tendrils (purple) rising from the thunderstorm (bright white/blue) up toward the flash of the sprite (red), sort of like an electrical puppeteer and ...