While leading a storm tour photography group in June, photographer Greg McCown captured a rare phenomenon in the sky when red sprites appeared above Windy Point on top of Mount Lemmon. While these ...

Have you ever seen a giant red jellyfish light up the night sky for a split second? If you have, you're not imagining things. You've just witnessed a lightning-like electrical discharge high in the ...

Thunderstorms can produce impressive displays of lightning, but one of the most spectacular and mysterious is the red sprite. Every day, the Earth and its atmosphere exchange trillions of volts of ...

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The UK's Royal Meteorological Society has revealed the winners of this year’s Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year competition. The total number of submissions received this year was ...

When thunderstorms emit lightning, we see the white, snaking electricity from the ground. But if you flew above the clouds, you would see a sky phenomenon known as sprites. These are rarely seen bolts ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. For a ...

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Have you ever heard of sprites before? Some new images could be some of the best examples of sprites in photographs. The sprites were associated with Hurricane Matthew. The photos were taken in Puerto ...