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 ...

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 ...

Nonetheless, the video includes numerous transient luminous events (TLEs), or upper atmospheric lightning, from the rare and breathtaking blue jet to web-like sprites. ("Nadir view" refers to the ...

"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 ...

An astronaut has captured a Close Encounters-style light show over Earth. NASA spaceman Don Pettit shot the eerie sight of multi-coloured flashes from the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday ...

Nasa astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station has unveiled videos of dazzling auroras captured from the ...

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

Lightning storms often inspire ... surpassed every expectation. More than 100 red sprites lit up the night sky. These were not isolated flickers. The sprites danced, some grew into secondary jets, and ...

Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit has released breathtaking videos of green auroras captured from the International Space ...

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He posted a video showing strange lightning above Amazonian storms. Sprites and Blue Jets flashed across the screen in real time. “This is for your inner Uber-Geek,” he joked in the caption.