Indiatimes1 个月
What is Sprite, a rare red lighting captured by NASA
Unlike typical lightning, which strikes downward from clouds to the ground, sprites travel upward, reaching into the upper atmosphere. These phenomena are fleeting, lasting only around a ...
来自MSN5 个月
Strange red lights seen glowing in Earth's atmosphere
like the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM). In October, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen also managed to snap a photo of a red sprite, which appeared above a ...
Al Bawaba News4 年
NASA Spacecraft Captures Blue 'Sprites' and 'Elves' Dancing in Jupiter's Atmosphere
On Earth, sprites and elves appear reddish in color due to their interaction with nitrogen in the upper atmosphere,' said Giles. 'But on Jupiter, the upper atmosphere mostly consists of hydrogen ...
来自MSN1 年
How are atmospheric 'green ghosts' formed? We might finally have an answer
As per Astronomy, high up in the atmosphere, near the edge of space, sometimes, before a thunderstorm evaporates away, a dazzling flash of red appears briefly. These are called sprites and have ...
Business Insider India3 年
Astronaut's photo shows a rare 'sprite' in Earth's atmosphere caused by lightning shooting ...
As the electrical discharge interacts with nitrogen in the atmosphere, it gives off a light ... Pesquet said in the post. From Earth, sprites are usually hidden behind thunderclouds so, for ...
Business Insider India4 年
A NASA spacecraft circling Jupiter has captured the planet's colorful electrical outbursts ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft just captured images of colorful bursts of lightning-like electricity high in Jupiter's atmosphere. These phenomena — jellyfish-shaped "sprites" and glowing disks called ...