InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-220 days agoA photo taken from space of a sprite - an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud. It was taken by an ISS astronaut. This is her tweet.xcancel.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkA photo taken from space of a sprite - an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud. It was taken by an ISS astronaut. This is her tweet.xcancel.comInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-220 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareSebrof [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoYeah, Sprites are a form of upper atmospheric lightening which include other phenomena like jets and elves. I was stoked when I first learned about them. Like a new form of lightning was unlocked.
minus-squaretheturtlemoves [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days ago50km lightning waow. Nature is beautiful. And scary.
minus-squareT34_69 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoI love charts like these
Yeah, Sprites are a form of upper atmospheric lightening which include other phenomena like jets and elves.
I was stoked when I first learned about them. Like a new form of lightning was unlocked.
50km lightning waow.
Nature is beautiful. And scary.
I love charts like these