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Sprites on film: Mysterious weather phenomenon captured in unprecedented detail by astronauts

It is a rare glimpse into space weather that has never been captured on film before. This amazing Nasa image shows a 'sprite', a flash of red and blue light which flashes for a thousandth of a second.
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Astronaut On ISS Captures Mysterious Blue Jet Sprite Lighting Up Earth's Atmosphere

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has captured an image of a blue jet sprite in the Earth's atmosphere, a rare phenomenon only confirmed in recent years. Astronaut and keen astrophotographer Don Pettit ...
The Daily Dot

ISS astronaut photographs a super-rare ‘red sprite’ above a lighting storm

Earlier this month, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped these gorgeous shots of the Earth from orbit. There’s a lot to marvel at here, from the beauty of the lights of home to ...
siliconera

Final Fantasy Terra, Cloud, and Lightning Sprite Lights Revealed

These products will be based on character sprites from Final Fantasy Record Keeper, the Android and iOS mobile game that launched in Japan in September 2014 and is still ongoing in the country as of ...
NDTV

NASA Astronaut Captures Stunning 'Sprite' Light Show Above Earth's Atmosphere

The stunning image was captured by Nichole Ayers aboard the ISS. NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a sprite, a Transient Luminous Event, from the ISS Sprites are bright flashes above thunderstorms ...
Indiatimes

What is Sprite, a rare red lighting captured by NASA

Super lucky a few weeks ago when shooting a timelapse of a lightning storm off the coast of South Africa. One of the frames in the timelapse had a red sprite. A rare event. My knowledge is pretty much ...
Daily Mail

Rare red sprites in action: Dazzling footage shows mysterious electric tendrils lighting up the sky over Oklahoma

The extraordinary weather occurrence is caused by electrical bursts of light above highly active thunderstorms, and appears as jellyfish-shaped clusters of red light. Red sprites are rarely seen, yet ...
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Mysterious pillars of light seen falling from space on Earth. It's not aliens

The photograph has renewed interest in these ghostly lights, which appear for just milliseconds and are usually hidden from ...
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Astronauts on ISS capture giant red 'sprite' lighting up storm over Earth – See image here

A flash of red light danced above Earth’s clouds, catching the eye of a passing astronaut. From her window aboard the International Space Station, Nichole “Vapour” Ayers snapped an image that is now ...
The Sun

Incredible photo shows TWO ultra-rare ‘jet and sprite’ phenomena lighting up the sky

A STUNNING sky image showing ultra-rare lightning has been revealed by astronomy researchers. It shows red and blue lightning above a dazzling patch of white light in a stormy Hawaiian sky. Please ...
IFLScience

Watch A Storm Of Red Sprites Light Up The Himalayas

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...