Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Dec 19
"Two of Earth's rarest lightning phenomena captured simultaneously in once-in-a-lifetime photo" by @Spacecom - Throughout history thunderstorms were known to make #lightning between storm clouds and the ground. In the late 20th Century, pilots reported faint lightning above thunderstorms, dismissed by meteorologists until confirmed in 1989. ELVES & Red Sprites up to the #Mesosphere are rarely photographed, now seen together over Italy. https://www.space.com/stargazing/2-of-earths-rarest-lightning-phenomena-captured-simultaneously-in-once-in-a-lifetime-photo #weather #SpaceWeather #photography
2 of Earth's rarest lightning phenomena captured simultaneously in once-in-a-lifetime photo

A photographer in Italy captured an ultra-rare elve and red sprite flashing above the Alps in a single breathtaking moment.

Space
JanPVJun 24, 2025

A few detail shots from the 23rd June NLC display. It's been a bad weather year for spotting NLC so far.

#space #clouds #mesosphere #astronomy

NASAMar 14, 2025
NASA Atmospheric Wave-Studying Mission Releases Data from First 3,000 Orbits https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-awe-first-data/ #NASA #Heliophysics #HeliophysicsDivision #Ionosphere #Mesosphere #ScienceMissionDirectorate #TheSun #Uncategorized
NASA Atmospheric Wave-Studying Mission Releases Data from First 3,000 Orbits

Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission’s

NASA Science
Show threadKnowledge ZoneJul 14, 2024

Red #Sprites are mesmerizing natural phenomena that occur high above thunderstorms.

They are large-scale electrical discharges that happen in the #mesosphere, a layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/669379851c9ae2204ba3596c

Red Sprite

Red sprites are mesmerizing natural phenomena that occur high above thunderstorms. They are large-scale electrical discharges that happen in the mesosphere, a layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere.

Knowledge Zone
NASAMay 16, 2024
How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/how-nasa-tracked-the-most-intense-solar-storm-in-decades/ #NASA #Auroras #CitizenScience #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #Heliophysics #HeliophysicsDivision #ICESat2IceCloudAndLandElevationSatellite2 #Ionosphere #Mesosphere #ScienceResearch #ScienceMissionDirectorate
How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades

During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields toward Earth, creating the strongest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades — and possibly one of the strongest displays of auroras on record in the past 500 years.

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NASAMar 1, 2024
Night-Shining Cloud Mission Ends; Yields High Science Results for NASA https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/night-shining-cloud-mission-ends-yields-high-science-results-for-nasa/ #NASA #AIMAeronomyOfIceInTheMesosphere #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #Heliophysics #HeliophysicsDivision #Mesosphere #ScienceResearch #TheSun
Night-Shining Cloud Mission Ends; Yields High Science Results for NASA - NASA Science

After 16 years studying Earth’s highest clouds for the benefit of humanity – polar mesospheric clouds – from its orbit some 350 miles above the ground, NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, mission has come to an end. Initially slated for a two-year mission, AIM was extended numerous times due to its […]

Severe Weather EuropeDec 28, 2023
The thin shell of gas around our planet that we call our atmosphere is divided into several layers. It starts with the Troposphere and ends with the Exosphere.#atmosphere #atmospherelayers #earthsatmosphere #exosphere #mesosphere #stratosphere #thermosphere #troposphere
The atmosphere – where do thunderstorms live?
The atmosphere – where do thunderstorms live?

The thin shell of gas around our planet that we call our atmosphere is divided into several layers. It starts with the Troposphere and ends with the Exosphere.

Severe Weather Europe
Ian Brown Dec 9, 2023

Rise and grind!

Just kidding.

@jay and I set our clocks back a couple hours and did a 9AM show. Well-rested and over-caffeinated we talked about corporate conference room naming conventions, jury duty (#ACAB), #Musk's joke of a GenAI ("Grok"), Keith #Rabois's case of brainworms, and the sad demise of #Mesosphere. We also ran out of disk space in the middle of the show so there's a rather abrupt cut about halfway through.

Follow @live for more #IanAndJaySpaceOut

https://archive.org/embed/ian-and-jay-space-out-2023-12-09

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Rise and grind! Just kidding. Jay and I set our clocks back a couple hours and do a 9AM show. Well-rested and over-caffeinated we get into corporate conference...

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Ian Brown Dec 9, 2023

So @jay and I moved the, uh, "show" back an hour so we could all sleep in.

Which is great except I've been unable to sleep since 3AM. Sigh.

Anyway, tune in at 9AM Pacific to hear us talk about the latest #Twitter drama, jury duty, and the end of #Mesosphere.

You can also follow @live to get notified when we go, uh, live.

#IanAndJaySpaceOut

https://live.ianandjayspaceout.com/

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JanPVMay 13, 2023

Seems like, after just over an incredible 16 years in the harsh environment of space, the AIM satellite, which has returned daily 'daisies' of mesospheric ('space') cloud images, has suffered an anomaly. The satellite's manager tells me that it's unclear whether the onboard computer system reset anomaly can be rectified. There are no planned replacement satellites for this science.

#noctilucent #NLC #mesosphere #weather #meteorology #space #satellites