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

Red sprites belong to a category scientists call Transient Luminous Events (TLEs). Unlike normal lightning that strikes downward from clouds to ground, red sprites flash upward from the tops of ...

In 2024, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick caught a glimpse at one of the most elusive atmospheric phenomena known as red sprites. These occur during particularly powerful thunderstorms and travel ...

Two astrophotographers captured breathtaking video of over 105 red sprites over Tibet during a massive thunderstorm.

Red sprites have been captured on camera in Western Australia's Kimberley. But how? Here's some advice from an expert weather ...

A chance encounter with red sprite lightning won Angel An and Shuchang Dong the Skyscapes category of the 2023 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, hosted by the Royal Observatory ...

Researchers are starting to reveal the science of red sprites. No, not the supernatural spirits that flit through fairytales, but the bursts of rare red lightning that flicker and flash through the ...

From there, they could link around 70 percent of the red sprites to their parent lightning events, then examine those discharges. “This event was truly remarkable,” said Gaopeng Lu in an ...

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 ...

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