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S. K. RileyRed Sprites above The Kimberley, Western Australia.
Photographer Danny Welgama says red sprites happen in the blink of an eye.
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Red Sprites and Circular Elves Lightning over Italy
What's happening in the sky? Lightning. The most commonly seen type of lightning involves flashes of bright white light between clouds. Over the past 50 years, though, other types of upper-atmospheric lightning have been confirmed, including tentacled red sprites and ringed ELVES.
Image Credit & Copyright: Valter Binotto
Andromeda and Sprites over Australia
What’s happening over that tree? Two very different things. On the left is the Andromeda galaxy, an object that is older than humanity and will last billions of years into the future. Andromeda (M31) is similar in size and shape to our own Milky Way Galaxy. On the right is a red sprite, a type of lightning that lasts a fraction of a second and occurs above violent thunderstorms.
Image Credit & Copyright: JJ Rao
Zorz StudiosFrom red sprites to Milky Way marvels, these winning shots from #CaptureTheDark2025 are truly otherworldly (15 pics): https://zorz.it/TVHct
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Jon Sullivan#DPReview has a new article about a jaw-dropppingly great photo by Dan Zafra, in New Zealand, of the milky way, the comet SWAN, and aurora, *and* red sprites. It's insane!
The foreground looks to be the Ōmarama clay cliffs.
Yes. But they're very rare, very brief and very high.
Look it up on Wikipedia.
Here's the most dramatic capture I've seen, like a spruce tree on fire:
Red Sprites
