Enormous and Beautiful Red Sprite

[Anomalocaris]

This gorgeous photo, captured from the International Space Station on the night of Aug. 10, 2015, shows an orbital view of thunderstorms over the city lights of southern Mexico as a recumbent Orion rises over Earth’s limb. But wait, there’s more: along the right edge of the picture a cluster of bright red and purple streamers can be seen rising above a blue-white flash of lightning: it’s an enormous red sprite caught on camera!

Enormous and Beautiful Red Sprite Seen From Space

Some extra information:

Sprite (lightning)

Upper-atmospheric lightning

Edited August 18, 2015 by Anomalocaris