A strange “red lightning ” phenomenon photographed from near a lake site in the southern Tibetan plateau in 2022 was driven ...

Blue jets and red sprites have been reported by credible ... the sprites phenomenon," NASA explains. Like regular lightning strikes, the sprites occur following a build-up of electrical charge ...

The thermosphere (53-375 miles up) shares space with the ionosphere and usually has a climbing temperature. When objects pass ...

"OK, this is kind of out there and caters to your inner Uber-Geek." NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured breathtaking video of a rare atmospheric phenomenon from his perch high above Earth on the ...

These phenomena are often associated with high-intensity cloud-to-ground lightning. Their observation is rare due to their brief duration and high atmospheric location. Red sprites belong to a family ...

This is the archetypal lightning bolt, one that arcs out of the sky and smites the ground with a great, often flickering flash of light. Lightning is the sudden release of built-up charge stored ...

A strange “red lightning” phenomenon ... of transient luminous events like gigantic jets and blue jets via the transfer of charges involved in lightning formation from inside clouds to the ...

These occur during particularly powerful thunderstorms and travel upwards into the atmosphere, as opposed to normal lightning which travels downward to the surface of Earth. A rare red sprite ...