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English:A red sprite above the white light of an active thunderstorm (image top left)...


Sprites are major electrical discharges, but they are not lightning in the usual sense. Instead, they are a cold plasma phenomenon without the extremely hot temperatures of lightning that we see underneath thunderstorms. Red sprites are more like the discharge of a fluorescent tube. Bursts of sprite energy are thought to occur during most large thunderstorm events....
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This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United StatesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) underPhoto ID:ISS044-E-45553.

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