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On the Hunt for High-Speed Sprites
A bright red sprite appears above a lightning flash in a photo captured from the ISS
Back on April 30, Expedition 31 astronauts aboard the ISS captured this photo of a red sprite hovering above a bright flash of lightning over Myanmar. Elusive atmospheric phenomena, sprites are extremely brief bursts of electromagnetic activity that are associated with powerful lightning discharges, but exactly how and why they form isn’t yet known — although recent research (along with some incredible high-speed video) is shedding new light on sprites.
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© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | One comment |
Post tags: atmosphere, electromagnetic, ISS, lightning, Space Station, sprite, video
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2012-08-23 16:06:00
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