A sprite, also known as a red sprite, is an upper-atmospheric electrical discharge sometimes seen from thunderstorms. Unlike lightning, sprites discharge upward from the storm toward the ionosphere. This particular one was captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. That’s a pretty incredible feat because sprites typically only last a millisecond or so. The first one wasn’t photographed until 1989. (Image credit: NASA; via P. Byrne)
A Sprite From Orbit
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@admin It's so annoying how there were so many documentaries and TV series trying to imply sprites had something to do with aliens or some other mysterious shit when I was a kid in the 90s despite the fact we already knew what they were. I love the ambiance of those kind of shows, but they can't come at the cost of miseducating people.
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