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Rare ‘Double’ Lightning Phenomena With Massive Red Rings Light Up the Alps
For a brief moment last year, northern Italy's night sky offered a spectacle rarely seen in a lifetime. From his home in Possagno, nestled in the Alps, photographer Valter Binotto captured an image showing two of Earth's rarest lightning phenomena occurring at the same time. Elves and sprites are forms of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), which fla...
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"Once-In-A-Lifetime": Rare Red Lightning Captured Over New Zealand's Skies, See Pic
Red sprites are brief, large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorms, reaching altitudes of up to 90 kilometers.
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NASA Astronaut Captures Rare Red Sprite Over Storm from Space Station
In a rare celestial event, NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers captured a vivid red sprite lightning phenomenon from the International Space Station as it flared above a thunderstorm across Mexico and the southern U.S. The image highlights the importance of orbital observation and NASA's citizen-science initiative, Spritacular, which collects ...
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NASA Astronaut Captures Mysterious 'Red Sprites' Glowing In Earth's Atmosphere
Red sprites are colourful bursts of energy that appear above storms as a result of lightning activity occurring in and below storms on Earth.
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Astronaut Captures Image Of Mysterious "Red Sprite" High Above The Earth
A red sprite represents an extraordinary meteorological phenomenon categorized as a Transient Luminous Event (TLE)
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Astronaut Captures Stunning Images Of Rare Thunder Phenomenon
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has documented images of the rare atmospheric phenomenon known as a red sprite as part of the Thor-Davis experiment conducted on the International Space Station (ISS).
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Rare ‘Double’ Lightning Phenomena With Massive Red Rings Light Up the Alps
For a brief moment last year, northern Italy's night sky offered a spectacle rarely seen in a lifetime. From his home in Possagno, nestled in the Alps, photographer Valter Binotto captured an image showing two of Earth's rarest lightning phenomena occurring at the same time. Elves and sprites are forms of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), which fla...
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"Once-In-A-Lifetime": Rare Red Lightning Captured Over New Zealand's Skies, See Pic
Red sprites are brief, large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorms, reaching altitudes of up to 90 kilometers.
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NASA Astronaut Captures Rare Red Sprite Over Storm from Space Station
In a rare celestial event, NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers captured a vivid red sprite lightning phenomenon from the International Space Station as it flared above a thunderstorm across Mexico and the southern U.S. The image highlights the importance of orbital observation and NASA's citizen-science initiative, Spritacular, which collects ...
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NASA Astronaut Captures Mysterious 'Red Sprites' Glowing In Earth's Atmosphere
Red sprites are colourful bursts of energy that appear above storms as a result of lightning activity occurring in and below storms on Earth.
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Astronaut Captures Image Of Mysterious "Red Sprite" High Above The Earth
A red sprite represents an extraordinary meteorological phenomenon categorized as a Transient Luminous Event (TLE)
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Astronaut Captures Stunning Images Of Rare Thunder Phenomenon
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has documented images of the rare atmospheric phenomenon known as a red sprite as part of the Thor-Davis experiment conducted on the International Space Station (ISS).
