Sprites

[danielost]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_%28lightning%29

Sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a quite varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground.

I saw this on the weather channel. They said all of them looklike jellyfish, only tens of miles across.

Edited September 21, 2013 by Still Waters
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[brlesq1]

Cool.

[Still Waters]

Sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a quite varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground.

I saw this on the weather channel. They said all of them looklike jellyfish, only tens of miles across.

This thread might interest you -

http://www.unexplain...howtopic=251667

[Keel M.]

I wouldn't liken the phenomena in those photos in Still Waters' link to jellyfish, but they are awesome nonetheless.