These rare arcs bestow a serene ... but it's fleeting and often goes unnoticed. High-altitude lightning phenomena like sprites, elves, and blue jets light up the atmosphere with their unique ...

A video of an "extremely rare" view of a gigantic jet across ... thunderstorms at around 80 kilometers altitude, sprites appear moments after a lightning strike in the form of "a sudden reddish ...

Sprites are akin to gigantic red lightning bursts. Steve Cummer, a Duke University engineer who's studied sprites for years, summed up how they form quite nicely in a National Geographic News ...

The phenomenon, which is difficult to observe, usually occurs during major storms. A Portuguese photographer named Diogo Gualter has shared a video on his social media where he shows the sighting of a ...