Lightning is just one of the many spectacular luminous events that occur in Earth's atmosphere. A particularly sought-after ...

Red sprites seen above the Himalayas reveal powerful storms, rare upper-atmosphere events, and atmospheric mysteries ...

Rare red flashes, known as 'red sprites', illuminated the Himalayan sky in May 2022, astonishing both astrophotographers and ...

Have you ever heard of—or even seen—red lightning? These are not animated characters but real atmospheric phenomena known as ...

They look like glowing red jellyfish in the sky. Now, imagine seeing these rare lights over the tallest mountains on ...

On May 19, 2022, two astrophotographers set up near the sacred lake of Pumoyongcuo on the southern Tibetan Plateau captured a ...

This storm produced more red sprites in one night than any recorded in South Asia. Until now, red sprites were mostly seen over the U.S. Great Plains and Europe’s coasts. This discovery placed ...

(Image Credit: Angel An) Researchers are starting to reveal the science of red sprites. No, not the supernatural spirits that flit through fairytales, but the bursts of rare red lightning that flicker ...

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