Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

Sprites, blue jets, & other mysterious lights in our upper atmosphere explained by: David Dickson. Posted: Oct 31, 2021 / 02:29 PM EDT. Updated: Oct 28, 2021 / 02:45 PM EDT.

Blue jets, meanwhile, are born closer to Earth than red sprites. These cone-shaped electrical discharges are also brighter than sprites, and they blast upward from the tops of clouds.

Researchers Capture Unusual Sprite-Like Blue Jet Date: March 15, 2002 Source: Penn State Summary: Deep in the Puerto Rican tropical jungle surrounding the Arecibo Observatory, a team of stalwart ...

Sprites and jets are upper-atmospheric phenomena caused by electrical discharges. Sprites, which are typically reddish-orange and sometimes blue-green, occur in the mesosphere, between 30 and 50 ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and southern U.S. states. The red "jellyfish" could help researchers learn more about ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has shared an incredible image of a sprite, a rare weather phenomenon that's triggered high above the clouds.

(CNN) — Blue sprites and elves have been detected twirling in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter by NASA’s Juno mission. While it may sound like /juno-mission-observes-sprites-dancing-in-jupiters ...

In describing the event they saw, they noted that the blue jet exhibited some common sprite features above 26 miles altitude. Sprites usually propagate from 60 down to about 25 miles, are ...