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#RedSprites in the #TatacoaDesert
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260715.html

#APOD #Colombia

@SKRiley_Author

https://petapixel.com/2024/08/22/photographer-captures-enormous-red-sprite-in-the-sky-and-perseid-meteor-shower-paul-smith/

#RedSprites

Red Sprites and Circular Elves Lightning over Italy

What's happening in the sky? Lightning. The most commonly seen type of lightning involves flashes of bright white light between clouds. Over the past 50 years, though, other types of upper-atmospheric lightning have been confirmed, including tentacled red sprites and ringed ELVES.

Image Credit & Copyright: Valter Binotto

#photography
#lightning
#RedSprites
#ELVES
#APOD

@ZorzStudios

More red sprites:

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#RedSprites

Andromeda and Sprites over Australia

What’s happening over that tree? Two very different things. On the left is the Andromeda galaxy, an object that is older than humanity and will last billions of years into the future. Andromeda (M31) is similar in size and shape to our own Milky Way Galaxy. On the right is a red sprite, a type of lightning that lasts a fraction of a second and occurs above violent thunderstorms.

Image Credit & Copyright: JJ Rao

#astrophotography
#RedSprites
#M31
#APOD

From red sprites to Milky Way marvels, these winning shots from #CaptureTheDark2025 are truly otherworldly (15 pics): https://zorz.it/TVHct

#SaumyaRatan #RedSprites #MilkyWay #photography #PhotographyContest #SkyPhotography #WinningShots #showcase #winners

#DPReview has a new article about a jaw-dropppingly great photo by Dan Zafra, in New Zealand, of the milky way, the comet SWAN, and aurora, *and* red sprites. It's insane!

The foreground looks to be the Ōmarama clay cliffs.

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/7526167980/a-photographer-s-journey-to-capture-one-of-nature-s-rarest-and-most-enchanting-displays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTwM30VQjwg&t=2s

#nz #photography #astrophotography #redsprites

@PeterMotte

Yes. But they're very rare, very brief and very high.

Look it up on Wikipedia.

Here's the most dramatic capture I've seen, like a spruce tree on fire:

#photography
#RedSprites

Red Sprites

https://petapixel.com/2025/10/19/photographers-dan-zafra-once-in-a-lifetime-shot-of-lightning-sprites-and-the-milky-way/

#astrophotography
#RedSprites

Red Sprites

https://petapixel.com/2025/10/19/photographers-dan-zafra-once-in-a-lifetime-shot-of-lightning-sprites-and-the-milky-way/

#astrophotography
#RedSprites

Red Sprites and the Milky Way

Saveable photos:

https://petapixel.com/2025/10/19/photographers-dan-zafra-once-in-a-lifetime-shot-of-lightning-sprites-and-the-milky-way/

#astrophotography
#RedSprites
#MilkyWay

Red Sprites and the Milky Way

Saveable photos:

https://petapixel.com/2025/10/19/photographers-dan-zafra-once-in-a-lifetime-shot-of-lightning-sprites-and-the-milky-way/

#astrophotography
#RedSprites
#MilkyWay

‘A perfect coincidence’: rare red lightning captured in New Zealand skies

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/oct/22/red-lightning-new-zealand-red-sprites

Several stunning photos & a time-lapse.
Must see!

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#RedSprites
#NewZealand

@AkaSci @photography

More red sprites:

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#astrophotography
#RedSprites

@AkaSci

More red sprites:

@photography
#photography
#astrophotography
#RedSprites

I just realized I never shared pictures of the red sprites, that I caught last year on August 14th.

They occured over a large thunderstorm complex in the Franche-Comté region in France, about 400 km from my location.

https://kachelmannwetter.com/de/stormtracking/franche-comte/20240813-2310z.html

#Photography #thunderstorm #lightning #weather #RedSprites #tle

Gigantic jet TLE above Mexico (crop) 🧑‍🚀🪐

#giganticjet #iss #mexico #redsprites #space #texas #tle #transientluminousevent

⏩ 2 new pictures from @stim3on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250720110223

If you're fascinated by extreme weather and lightning photography this video is a MUST WATCH!

So many amazing shots of lightning storms, blue jets and red sprites from Australia, with great narration and editing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fGr-NlLTG8

#Photography #lightning #RedSprites #bluejets #transientluminousevents #wx

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@photography
#astrophotography
#RedSprites

@Doreen32128 @photography

They are!

Here's a high resolution close-up by Escurat:

#RedSprites

Grand Cosmic Fireworks by Angel An

@photography
#RedSprites

Red Sprites

#photography@a.gup.pe
#thunderstorms
#RedSprites

#Meteors & #RedSprites l Paul M Smith

https://petapixel.com/2024/08/22/photographer-captures-enormous-red-sprite-in-the-sky-and-perseid-meteor-shower-paul-smith/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/11/sprite-chasing-photographers-flashes/

https://paulmsmithphotography.com/

@photography

🔁 Christophe Suarez (@suarezphoto)

Hier soir, une dégradation orageuse très pluvieuse balayait une partie de la France. A 300 kms de Nice, dans les Cévennes, une cellule orageuse décochait des plumes rougeoyantes dans l'atmosphère, aux dernières lueurs de l'heure bleue.
#redsprites #orage #orages #Nice

🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/suarezphoto/status/1827542457996791874
🕐 25/08 05:04

🔁 Christophe Suarez (@suarezphoto)

Phénomènes transitoires au dessus de virulents orages qui ont balayé la région Rhône-Alpes, la Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, puis le Grand-Est cette nuit. Depuis l'arrière pays niçois, le spectacle était fabuleux. Par chance, nous étions sous les étoiles. #redsprites #orage #orages

🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/suarezphoto/status/1823603016357867868
🕐 14/08 08:10

Sprites occur near the top of the mesosphere at about 80 km altitude in response to the electric field generated by lightning flashes in underlying thunderstorms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(lightning)

#RedSprites
#lightning
@photography

Perseverance - Watson Selfie at Bright Angel - Sol 46 🧑‍🚀🪐

#giganticjet #iss #mars #mars2020 #nasa #perseverance #redsprites #space

⏩ 3 new pictures from @stim3on

This Gigantic Jet TLE was captured from the International Space Station by
astronaut Matthew Dominick on July 1st while flying above Indonesia.
I re-processed the image from the raw file.

https://flic.kr/p/2q7VbaV

https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=ISS071&roll=E&frame=319414

#RedSprites #giganticjet #tle #iss #lightning #astrodon #space

Wow, super Aufnahme! #RedSprites

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/a-midsummer-red-sprite-seen-from-space/