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Is NASA investigating another UFO phenomenon? NASA launches website to report bright flashes in...
It might sound like NASA is investigating another UFO sighting with its latest call for citizen scientists' help, but the mysterious bright flashes known...
Juno captures first sprites ever over Jupiter
Perhaps the king of planets has decided to join in the Halloween fun this year?
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured what appears to be “sprites”...
Intensifying Hurricane Laura fires off elves, halos, sprites and two extremely rare gigantic jets...
On Aug. 22nd, the now hurricane Laura passed by Puerto Rico.
Just as it was bearing down on the island, the intensifying storm fired off...
Rare red sprites storm in action: 48 Mysterious electric tendrils light up the sky...
Another red sprite storm in action! Red sprites are electrical bursts of light above highly active thunderstorms. They appear red at higher altitudes and...
Now a new form of upper atmospheric lightning is being seen: the Gigantic Jet,...
Back in the 1980s, researchers were amazed when they discovered sprites - luminous red forms dancing on top of intense electrical storms, reaching their...
Illusive red sprites and mysterious curving phenomenon appear over Oklahoma
On Aug.14th, Thomas Ashcraft may have spotted a new kind of sprite.
He was photographing a cluster of sprites over a thunderstorm in western Oklahoma...
Fire in the sky! Spectacular burst of red sprites over the English Channel
Talk about fire in the sky!
A spectacular burst of red sprites engulfed the sky over the English Channel on May 29, 2017.
I have already...
Red sprites generated by Hurricane Matthew
These 28 red sprites were captured on October 1, 2016, at night, when Hurricane Matthew was near Aruba and the northern tip of Colombia.
Fire...
Perseid fireball and red sprites dancing together over Missouri Valley, Iowa
What a show over Missouri Valley, Iowa as the Perseid Meteor Shower peaked in the night of August 11/12.
Look at these red sprites and meteors dancing...
Operations Blue Jets and Red Sprites in the sky of Bali, Indonesia
Elusive Blue Jets and Red Sprites appeared over a lightning storm in the sky of Bali, Indonesia on March 19, 2016.
To me, this is...
Talk about fire in the sky! Massive red sprites bursts over Poland
My first reaction, oh my God…
My second, how amazing…
My first reaction, oh my God…
My second, how amazing…
My third, what a great shot!
Talk about fire...
The very low frequency radio crackles from individual Sprites
Listen to the very low frequency radio crackles from individual Sprites!
They were recorded on May 23, 2015, when strong thunderstorms raked Texas and Oklahoma,...
Thunderstorm season is sprite season: The red sprites season is beginning with a fireworks...
The sprite season begins with a beautiful danse at the edge of space.
This strange and beautiful form of lightnings are red, fleeting, and tend...
Transient luminous events: Sprites, Jets and Elves around the world
High above thunderstorms, red flames, blue streaks or sometimes circular doughnuts flash toward the sky.
These are real Transient Luminous Events (TLE) from different parts...
Two Mystery Red Sprites Appear Under Thunderstorm Clouds in Croatia – November 2014
This is the kind of very lucky shot that astronomers are looking for every day.
Look at these red sprites captured as a lucky break...
Red Sprites Phenomenon Captured Over Italy at Night – Amazing Photos
There is actually nothing new about red spites. As already explained in a series of other posts, this rare phenomenon takes place over thunderstorms...
Space Weather Phenomena: Red Sprites and Green Gravity Waves Photo Over South Dakota
Red sprites and green gravity waves are rare space weather phenomena.
They were caught both over New Underwood, South Dakota in a single shot! Amazing!
As...
Space Weather: Mysterious Red Sprites Dance Over New Mexico – July 18 2014 (PHOTOS)
Although the sun is extremely quiet, space weather continues and amazes us!
High above thunderstorm clouds, red sprites coming from the edge of space were...
This is how the mysterious jellyfish lightning ‘sprites’ form
Sprites are large electrical discharges that occur above thunderstorms. They resemble reddish-orange jellyfish with bluish tentacles streaming down. But while sprites require thunderstorms, not all...
Strange Sky Phenomenon: The Mysterious Red Sprites Are Lightnings That Form High Above Thunderclouds
What are these intriguing red lights forming over thunderstorms?
Discover the mysterious red sprite lightnings!
These eerie luminous reddish-orange flashes often occur during thunderstorms. They are neither ufos...
North Pacific mystery: Strange red glowing lights observed from commercial flight at 39,000 feet...
So, this was spotted over the North Pacific early yesterday morning from a commercial flight at 39,000 feet. Near 50N/167E; no landmass nearby.
These are...
Out of this world Tonga eruption reached mesophere; 1.5 times the height of Pinatubo;...
When a volcano exploded out of the Pacific Ocean near Tonga on Jan. 15th, scientists immediately realized they were witnessing something special. Little did...
Lightning on Earth is getting weirder and weirder: A gigantic jet plasma event with...
Lightning on Earth is getting weirder and weirder. On the evening of Sept. 20th, Puerto Rican photographer Frankie Lucena pointed his camera at an...
This strange sky phenomena isn’t the product of a special effect – it’s real!
It's the image of a rare, brightly colored vertical lightning discharge and it was captured by a web cam this past Wednesday, Feb 24th...
Have you ever seen a blue lightning shooting upward from thunderclouds? Now watch this...
OMG! Have you ever seen something like this? Have you ever seen a bright-blue lightning bolt shooting upward from thunderclouds?
Such Blue jets are difficult to...
Fire in the sky as intense Geminid meteor shower and total eclipse of the...
This weekend, Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Apollo-type potentially hazardous asteroid 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor shower. More...
Mysterious Gigantic Jets light up the sky over Puerto Rico
Tropical waves aren't the biggest storms in the Caribbean...
But they produce some of the biggest lightning...
On September 5, 2020, Frankie Lucena pointed his video...
Mysterious Red Sky and Strange Glowing Lights Over Villahermosa, Mexico – Signs of the...
Officials say these strange lights are red sprites!
I doubt it! Sprites are very short luminous sky events. As such it is almost impossible that...
Talk About Fire in the Sky! Monster Thunderstorm Sparks Unusually Massive Red Sprite Burst...
My first reaction was Oh My God…
My second, how amazing… My Third, let's talk about fire in the sky!
My first reaction, oh my God…
My...
Mysterious Green Ghost Captured Over West Texas (Video)
Want to discover something new?
Keep an eye on the tops of thunderstorms.
Sprites, trolls, elves and pixies: These are just a handful of the exotic phenomena that...
Extremely Rare Gigantic Jet Lights Up the Night Sky Over Brazil (Video)
Something out-of-this-world has been recorded in the night sky over Paraiba, Brazil on April 17, 2020.
This gigantic jet, also known as giant jet, is...
What HAS Russia spotted in Earth’s upper atmosphere? Mysterious EXPLOSIONS OF LIGHT detected by...
A Russian satellite designed to monitor the atmosphere for high-energy cosmic rays has detected mysterious ‘explosions’ of light miles above Earth’s surface. The Russian...
Mysterious violet ring appears in the sky as astronomer captures amazingly rare atmospheric phenomena...
In just one night, this Russian astronomer took pictures of almost all rare atmospheric phenomena, including sprites, elves, airglow, meteors, fireballs, northern lights over...
Red sprite fireworks over central Europe beginning of August 2017
Talk about fire in the sky!
Look at the red sprites over central Europe on August 1-2. They look like fireworks!
A few days after the...
Gigantic Jet Lightning Erupts From The Top Of Severe Thunderstorm Off Hawaii (Video)
This extremely rare lightning phenomena is known as Gigantic Jet Lightning.
They are more powerful than sprites and are easier to see with the naked...
Mysterious ‘Bright Nights’ or ‘Nocturnal Sun’ phenomenon explained
The Romans referred to it as the “nocturnal sun”. Later accounts describe it as an unexplained glow – bright enough to read a book...
Mysterious ring of light opens up like a wormhole near the edge of space
An enormous and mysterious ring of light appeared near the edge of space on April 2, 2017.
What is this gigantic, donut-shaped appariton high above...
Blue lightning jet filmed from space for the first time
This is the first time they've ever seen this blue lightning shoot up like that.
An amazing 245 blue flashes were recorded as the space station...
Enhanced sprite activity end of November 2016 over Spain
In the last 10 days, an enhanced sprite activety is reported in the sky from Spain due to strong lightning storms.
Fire in the sky!
Thunderstorms are...
Mysterious satellite blackouts linked to powerful ionospheric thunderstorms
These SWARM satellites were sent into orbit to measure the Earth's invisible magnetic field.
But the scientific instruments have been suffering mysterious blackouts as they circle...