This is the terrifying moment a jet was struck by lightning shortly after takeoff in Belgium on Sunday. A passenger plane was also struck by a huge electrical bolt in the storm, forcing the pilots ...

A jet can reach the stratopause ... Occurring high above thunderstorms at around 80 kilometers altitude, sprites appear moments after a lightning strike in the form of "a sudden reddish flash ...

Jason Ahrns gets incredible shots of them by flying a small aircraft around thunderstorms ... slowed down by roughly 666 times: Sprites are akin to gigantic red lightning bursts.