Jellyfish Sprite Lightning | Astronaut Shower

160K views · 31 reactions | Astronauts captured this rare image of a special lightning phenomenon called a “sprite.” These sprites last mere milliseconds, can travel up to 50 miles into the atmosphere and are associated with strong thunderstorms. | International Space Station | Facebook

NASA Astronaut on ISS caught this Stunning Photo of Red "Sprite" Lightning #NASA #ISS #earth #space #astronomy | Nikola Sagan

APOD: Sprite Lightning at 100,000 Frames Per Second (2021 Jan 04) Video Credit & Copyright: Matthew G McHarg, Jacob L Harley, Thomas Ashcraft, Hans Nielsen https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210104.html Repost with active video Explanation: What causes sprite lightning? Mysterious bursts of light in the sky that momentarily resemble gigantic jellyfish have been recorded for over 30 years, but apart from a general association with positive cloud-to-ground lightning, their root cause remains unknown. So

The rare footage of a red sprite exploding above a large lightning flash Sunday in south China's Guangdong Province was recorded by a photographer by chance. | China Xinhua News