Sprites from space! Astronaut photographs rare red lightning phenomenon from ISS
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Sprites from space! Astronaut photographs rare red lightning phenomenon from ISS
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Sprite Lightning: Red Bursts High Above Storms Sprites are super-high-altitude lightning, zipping 30-55 miles above massive thunderclouds into the mesosphere. They look like giant red jellyfish or carrots, glowing bright pink or crimson for just a millisecond. Discovered by accident in the '80s on video, they're invisible to the naked eye but pop in intense storms over spots like the US Midwest or South America. Big thunderstorms build up electric charges: positive at the top, negative below. A
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Sprite Lightning: Red Bursts High Above Storms Sprites are super-high-altitude lightning, zipping 30-55 miles above massive thunderclouds into the mesosphere. They look like giant red jellyfish or carrots, glowing bright pink or crimson for just a millisecond. Discovered by accident in the '80s on video, they're invisible to the naked eye but pop in intense storms over spots like the US Midwest or South America. Big thunderstorms build up electric charges: positive at the top, negative below. A
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Love a red dress. 👌 | Sparkling Sprite
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Recently, a photographer in Shannan City, Xizang Autonomous Region captured stunning images of "red sprite lightning"—a mesmerizing atmospheric phenomenon that occurs high above thunderstorms. These fleeting bursts of crimson light are rarely seen and even harder to photograph, offering a breathtaking reminder of nature's hidden wonders! #SeeChina #Trending For more: https://english.cctv.com/ | CCTV
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Recently, a photographer in Shannan City, Xizang Autonomous Region captured stunning images of "red sprite lightning"—a mesmerizing atmospheric phenomenon that occurs high above thunderstorms. These fleeting bursts of crimson light are rarely seen and even harder to photograph, offering a breathtaking reminder of nature's hidden wonders! #SeeChina #Trending For more: https://english.cctv.com/ | CCTV
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Ever heard of red sprites? They’re real — and they’re one of the rarest light shows on Earth. 🌩️ These silent, crimson bursts flash above thunderstorms, reaching high into the atmosphere like glowing jellyfish. They're triggered by powerful lightning strikes below — but instead of coming down, they leap upward into the mesosphere. Most people never see them. They last just milliseconds, and only under perfect conditions. But when they appear, they look like something out of another world. Next
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Ever heard of red sprites? They’re real — and they’re one of the rarest light shows on Earth. 🌩️ These silent, crimson bursts flash above thunderstorms, reaching high into the atmosphere like glowing jellyfish. They're triggered by powerful lightning strikes below — but instead of coming down, they leap upward into the mesosphere. Most people never see them. They last just milliseconds, and only under perfect conditions. But when they appear, they look like something out of another world. Next
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The rare footage of a red sprite exploding above a large lightning flash Sunday in south China's Guangdong Province was recorded by a photographer by chance. | China Xinhua News
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The rare footage of a red sprite exploding above a large lightning flash Sunday in south China's Guangdong Province was recorded by a photographer by chance. | China Xinhua News
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Young Chinese astrophotographer Dong Shuchang perfectly captured a remarkable burst of red lightning, also known as a "red sprite” or “ghost sprite,” as it streaked across the night sky, sending shockwaves across Chinese social media. Red sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that shoot upward into the upper atmosphere, while ordinary lightning flash extends downward. These flashes are extremely brief and are notoriously difficult to observe from the ground, as they occur above thunderst
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Young Chinese astrophotographer Dong Shuchang perfectly captured a remarkable burst of red lightning, also known as a "red sprite” or “ghost sprite,” as it streaked across the night sky, sending shockwaves across Chinese social media. Red sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that shoot upward into the upper atmosphere, while ordinary lightning flash extends downward. These flashes are extremely brief and are notoriously difficult to observe from the ground, as they occur above thunderst
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This is what pilots sometimes see above thunderstorms.⚡️They’re called Red Sprites — massive electrical discharges that appear 30–50 miles above storms near the edge of space. They last only milliseconds… which is why capturing them on camera is extremely rare. Nature still has secrets above the clouds.
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