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Red Sprite Lightning
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:14 pm
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Explanation: Sometimes lightning occurs out near space. One such lightning type is red sprite lightning, which has only been photographed and studied on Earth over the past 25 years. The origins of all types of lightning remain topics for research, and scientists are still trying to figure out why red sprite lightning occurs at all. Research has shown that following a powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strike, red sprites may start as 100-meter balls of ionized air that shoot down from about 80-km high at 10 percent the speed of light. They are quickly followed by a group of upward streaking ionized balls. Featured here is an extraordinarily high-resolution image of a group of red sprites. This image is a single frame lasting only 1/25th of a second from a video taken above Castelnaud Castle in Dordogne, France, about three weeks ago. The sprites quickly vanished -- no sprites were visible even on the very next video frame.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
This post was edited on 10/2/23 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:20 pm to blueridgeTiger
That's cool AF
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:22 pm to blueridgeTiger
That is cool. I think it is Sprite not Spirit.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:26 pm to blueridgeTiger
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Red Sprite Lightning
I thought this was some new drink
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:27 pm to blueridgeTiger
LeBron will be the shill for this…
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:31 pm to blueridgeTiger
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:34 pm to blueridgeTiger
Browse the feed of arguably the best lightning/sprite photographer out there. His work has lead to some discoveries and is just awe-inspiring.
@PaulMSmithphoto
Xwitter
Here's a short YouTube video by Pecos Hank where he and Paul worked together on one of those discoveries:
YouTube
Red Sprites and Blue Jets Explained
@PaulMSmithphoto
Xwitter
Here's a short YouTube video by Pecos Hank where he and Paul worked together on one of those discoveries:
YouTube
Red Sprites and Blue Jets Explained
This post was edited on 10/2/23 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:37 pm to blueridgeTiger
I'm more of a Mountain Dew Baja blast kinda guy
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:39 pm to blueridgeTiger
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Red Sprite Lightning
is fake.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 12:59 pm to blueridgeTiger
Looks like something out of Stranger Things.
Posted on 10/2/23 at 1:01 pm to blueridgeTiger
I wish my balls were ionized.
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