Commenting on the photo, taken on June 3, Nasa said: ‘Transient luminous events (TLEs), including red sprites, are colorful ...
Dominick posted his red sprite picture to X/Twitter on 20 June, explaining that he had captured it while shooting a timelapse ...
A thunderstorm produces a sprite once or twice a minute ... sparks created in the upper atmosphere, well above a storm cloud, that follows lightning below the cloud," Cummer said.