Sprites imaged at 10,000 fps

High speed (10,000 fps) images of sprites recorded July 9, 2005 from Langmuir Laboratory, NM. The altitude scale on the right is approximately correct. (Original scientific report for these observations is: McHarg, M.G., H.C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, and T. Kammae (2007), Observations of streamer formation in sprites, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L06804, doi:10:1029/2006GL027854. Colorized video clip created from raw monochrome images by D. Sentman.)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• sprites
• lightning
• space

[nlsavager]

to see more of it check this one:

/watch?v=JAssnAcHz6Y

[AntiProtonBoy]

The end was amazing, wish there was another few thousand frames more to go ;)

[DarkStar1O9]

electron avalanches.....cOOL

[MattBlytheTheOne]

It is the electrical discharge seen ABOVE the lightening cloud during a lightening strike. The sprite travels up strking above the cloud and then travels down in smaller particles possibly ice in the form of hail.

[davekimgansen]

lightening that is red and is very high in the sky. I am not that edjyamacated in this stuff.

[DamienZshadow]

Lightning sprites; high altitude discharges of atmospheric electricity that occurs high above thunderstorm clouds. They are red in color and can appear as high as 90 kilometers into the Mesosphere.

[Airclot]

Google is your friend.

[XxHype4xX]

plz explain what i am looking at

[Jeffgoalie]

cool! it looks like a plane blew up in midair and then the pieces fell down on fire. this is awesomeness!