As Hurricane Nicole pummeled toward the Florida coast on November 8, photographers in Puerto Rico saw a strange and rare sight in the storm clouds, known as sprite lightning. "This sprite appeared ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare red sprite captured from the International Space Station posted on X (formerly Twitter) on June 20, 2024, showing an event ...

As Tropical Storm Nicole moved toward Florida this week, some of its clouds went as far south as Puerto Rico. There, a photographer captured an elusive and strange phenomenon known as “sprite ...

TULSA, Okla. — Sprites are a rare occurrence but have been observed high above Oklahoma. With severe spring season starting soon, the amount of lightning will increase, and sprites are directly tied ...

Sprites are reddish, ultrafast bursts of electricity that are born near the edge of space, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) up in the atmosphere. For a long time, pilots claimed to see them, but few ...

Amazing new photos and video of the elusive red lightning called sprites are helping researchers understand how the mysterious electric bursts form. Sprites last less than a second as they dance on ...

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