NASA Astronaut Shares Rare Picture Of 'Sprite' Phenomenon From International Space Station

Mysterious 'Red Sprite' Appears in NASA Astronaut Photo From the Space Station. What Is This Strange Electrical Flare?

Red sprites are among a class of enigmatic weather phenomena that appear over thunderstorms, known as Transient Luminous Events

Rare lightning event over Texas captured in stunning detail

NASA astronaut captures a rare, gigantic jet from the ISS as it travels over the Texas-Mexico border.

NASA Astronaut Snaps Rare Sprite Flash From Space and It’s Blowing Minds

A sudden burst of red light flickered above a thunderstorm, and for a brief moment, Earth’s upper atmosphere revealed one of its most elusive secrets. From 250 miles above the surface, aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers looked out her window in the early hours of July 3 and saw it: a […]

NASA 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.

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…