PetaPixel

Photographer Captures Enormous Red Sprite in the Sky and Perseid Meteor Shower

A photographer has captured a remarkable image showing a giant red sprite that appeared on the night of the Perseid meteor shower which he also caught on camera. Paul Smith photographed the stunning ...
C&EN

Sprites Trigger Sky-High Chemistry

In less time than it takes a hummingbird to flap its wings once, a recently discovered form of high-altitude lightning can come and go, but not before spreading its multiple-branching red streamers ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How to Spot Elusive ‘Jellyfish Sprites’ Dancing in the Sky During a Thunderstorm

Dark skies specialist Stephen Hummel of the University of Texas at Austin captured this rare formation at the McDonald Observatory. Stephen Hummel If you see a thunderstorm in the distance late at ...
inforum

Elusive red sprites, like glowing jellyfish in the night sky, photographed in Oklahoma

Have you ever seen a giant red jellyfish light up the night sky for a split second? If you have, you're not imagining things. You've just witnessed a lightning-like electrical discharge high in the ...
Futurism

NASA Crowdsourcing Investigation of Otherworldly “Sprites” in Sky

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. NASA is ...
CNET

Elusive red sprites captured in sky near Chile’s Very Large Telescope

You might not have realized that sprites are real, but this new photo taken at the Paranal Observatory in Chile proves otherwise -- sort of. Capturing sprites might sound like something best ...
The Weather Network

Stunning jellyfish sprite seen in the night sky during Texas storm

These bizarre upper atmospheric flashes are still a mystery. Thunderstorms can produce impressive displays of lightning, but one of the most spectacular and mysterious is the red sprite. Every day, ...