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This phenomenon, known as red sprites, occurs now and then in the upper atmosphere, but it doesn't last long. Andy Gray's moody image of a frosty scene in North East England took the runner-up prize.

One of the frames in the timelapse had a red sprite. A rare event. My knowledge is pretty much just from Wikipedia but I want to know more. 50mm lens, f1.2, 1/5s, ISO 3200 pic.twitter.com ...

Below is a closer look at this oddity. Note the tendrils (purple) rising from the thunderstorm (bright white/blue) up toward the flash of the sprite (red), sort of like an electrical puppeteer and ...

Wang Xin has won the overall prize with an image of several red lightning sprites during a thunderstorm in Shanghai. The ...

Their distinctive hues also set them apart. Red sprites are ultrafast bursts of electricity that crackle through the upper regions of the atmosphere - between 37 and 50 miles up in the sky - and ...

NASA astronauts aboard the space station captured stunning views of auroras, lunar crescents, red sprites, plant studies, ...