Red lightning, also known as a "sprite", is an intriguing weather phenomenon associated with certain very intense thunderstorms. While an ordinary lightning flash extends downward from the clouds to ...

An astronaut captured an elusive glimpse of red lightning from space. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick imaged the rare red sprite phenomenon from the International Space Station earlier in the year, ...

Photographers capture extremely unusual phenomenon – also known as red sprites – against backdrop of the Milky Way A trio of photographers in New Zealand have captured images of “red sprites”, or red ...