Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Sprites Over Château de Beynac


A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere. via NASA https://ift.tt/a0b4K5O
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