Speeding around the Earth at 28,000 km/h, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an incredible view of a phenomenon known as a red sprite. Here's the science behind this 'transient luminous event'.
Have you ever seen a giant red jellyfish light up the night sky for a split second? If you have, you're not imagining things. You've just witnessed a lightning-like electrical discharge high in the ...
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has snapped a picture of a rare and spectacular atmospheric phenomenon. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured a form of lightning known as ...
Like a giant jellyfish floating through the atmosphere, "red sprites" hover above thunderstorms in two new photographs snapped from space. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ...
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Photo captures rare electrical phenomenon known as 'red sprites' during thunderstorm. What are they?
BIZARRE LIGHT SHOWS ARE AND WHY THEY HAPPEN, WE CHK EC BACK IN WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST DARBY BYBE E. WELL WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK AND I WANTED TO READDRESS IT. THESE REDS ...
While leading a storm tour photography group in June, photographer Greg McCown captured a rare phenomenon in the sky when red sprites appeared above Windy Point on top of Mount Lemmon. While these ...
Like a giant jellyfish floating through the atmosphere, "red sprites" hover above thunderstorms in two new photographs snapped from space. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ...
Editor's note: Updated to include a second photo of another sprite captured moments later by the same camera (added at bottom of article). This gorgeous photo, captured from the International Space ...
In a stormy Hawaiian sky in July 2017, streaks of red and blue lightning seemed to meet above a bed of white light. Cameras on the Gemini North telescope at the Gemini Observatory in Mauna Kea snapped ...
Photo captures rare electrical phenomenon known as 'red sprites' during thunderstorm. What are they?
BIZARRE LIGHT SHOWS ARE AND WHY THEY HAPPEN, WE CHK EC BACK IN WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST DARBY BYBE E. WELL WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK AND I WANTED TO READDRESS IT. THESE REDS ...
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