“They appear moments after a lightning strike—a sudden reddish flash that can take a range of shapes, often combining diffuse ...

Rare red sprite spotted by astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS Sprites flash high above storms and vanish in just ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and ...

Column-shaped red sprites in a photo snapped Aug. 12, 2013 above Red Willow County, Neb. Amazing new photos and video of the elusive red lightning called sprites are helping researchers understand ...

The National Severe Storms Laboratory describes red sprites as electric discharges that occur in the upper atmosphere. These bursts of energy can be 30 miles across, appearing for just a moment ...

Red sprites have been thought to have caused the crash of a weather balloon in 1989, which fell from a height of 120,000 feet after it passed over a thundercloud, crash-landing near Graham, Texas.

"Red sprites are one type of visible manifestation of electrical discharges that occur at altitudes of 35-50 miles, far above the top of active thunderstorms or other strongly electrified clouds ...

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Sprites, named after the elusive fairylike creatures, are predominantly red flashes that occur above thunderstorm clouds. They can briefly change the electrically charged layers of our upper ...

Red sprites, vivid red electrical discharges above thunderstorms, were observed over the Himalayas on May 19, 2022. Over 100 sprites, including rare secondary jets and "ghost sprites," were captured.

Red sprites like this aren’t the only light shows appearing in the sky like this. We’ve also seen rare pink auroras appear in the sky, too.