US EditionNASA Astronaut Shares Rare Picture Of 'Sprite' Phenomenon From International Space Station
NORTH AMERICA, JUL 3 – Astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a rare red sprite from the ISS, contributing valuable data to NASA's Spritacular project with over 360 observations worldwide.
- A NASA astronaut captured a rare photo of a giant red sprite over a thunderstorm on July 3.
- Sprites are Transient Luminous Events triggered by intense electrical activity in thunderstorms and occur about 50 miles above the Earth's surface.
- The image shows a sprite with complex shapes over lightning during a thunderstorm.
- Scientists can use such images to understand the formation and characteristics of sprites and their relationship to thunderstorms.
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GoErieNASA astronaut captures rare phenomenon from 250 miles above Earth: See photo of 'sprite'
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare atmospheric phenomenon over the US and Mexico known as a "sprite" that's associated with lightning.
They glow red, look like jellyfish and shoot up instead of to Earth: A Nasa astronaut documents a fascinating phenomenon from the ISS.
NASA astronaut captures glimpse of mysterious ‘sprite’ over Mexico
NASA recently captured a light phenomenon known as an “atmospheric sprite” over Mexican territory, near the border with the United States. This event, which looks like an inverted red lightning strike, was photographed from the International Space Station (ISS). Sprites — more formally, transient luminous events or TLEs — are rare electrical discharges that occur between 50 and 90 km above the Earth’s surface, in the mesosphere. Just. Wow. A…
Mysterious red sprite erupts in new astronaut photo
A US astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently caught a glimpse of one of Earth’s least understood atmospheric phenomena. While orbiting in the early hours of July 3, Nichole “Vapor” Ayers snapped a photo of a transient luminous event, as she passed over North America. Better known as a sprite, these atmospheric events are common after a lightning strike. “Just. Wow,” Ayers posted to social media later that day along with t…
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