Rare phenomenon caught on camera by cosmonauts: sprite captured from the ISS

Space lightning striking upwards filmed from the passing station

On July 2, the crew of the International Space Station recorded a rare atmospheric phenomenon — a sprite. Unlike ordinary lightning, which strikes downwards, sprites rush into space to a height of up to 130 km.

Sprite caught on camera by cosmonauts
Sprite caught on camera by cosmonauts

Sprites are short-lived electrical discharges in the mesosphere that occur above powerful thunderstorms. They have a reddish hue and last only tenths of a second, making them difficult to observe from Earth.

Earlier www1.ru reported on giant solar prominences filmed by astronomers.

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