Date: 22/08/2013 21:52:55
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 375419
Subject: Red Sprites

Brilliant Red Sprite Lightning Caught on Film
http://www.space.com/22457-red-sprites-lightning-photos.html

whats going here, are these sprites interacting with earth’s magnetic field?

similar to the sun creating auras in earth’s magnetic field but obviously different

or is something else going on?

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Date: 22/08/2013 21:55:20
From: Riff-in-Thyme
ID: 375420
Subject: re: Red Sprites

the answer has to be interesting.

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Date: 22/08/2013 22:15:36
From: Michael V
ID: 375438
Subject: re: Red Sprites

Here is Ahrns blog, with all the photos, videos and commentary.

http://musubk.blogspot.com.au/

Some explanations:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(lightning)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper-atmospheric_lightning

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See also these ground-based photos of sprites and aurorae:

http://www.universetoday.com/102608/incredible-astrophoto-rare-red-sprite-lightning-shows-up-during-aurora/

http://www.extremeinstability.com/2013-5-31.htm (several photos down in the blog…)

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Date: 22/08/2013 22:23:44
From: Michael V
ID: 375446
Subject: re: Red Sprites

The images are well worth looking at. Some are brilliant.

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