JERUSALEM (JTA) — A natural phenomenon called "sprites" may ... times higher than a regular lightning bolt, last for a fraction of second and only occur during thunderstorms, according to ...
Dancing sprites, heavenly landscapes ... event is very occasionally seen in the upper atmosphere when thunderstorm lightning ...
A thunderstorm produces a sprite once or twice a minute yet each ... Sprites are akin to gigantic red lightning bursts. Steve Cummer, a Duke University engineer who's studied sprites for years ...