Blue Jet above Earth, first ever image

[seeder]

For the first time ever, an image has been captured of an elusive electrical phenomenon above the Earth. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station imaged a kind of electrical discharge in the upper atmosphere known as a blue jet. In this Space News, we explore why this type of intense above clouds lightning occurs, and we also ask a fundamental question: do scientists understanding lightning?

[seeder]

larger image here

http://futurism.com/astronaut-captures-first-ever-image-of-blue-jet-from-space/

[psyche101]

That is awesome, amazing nobody has called it a wormhole yet.

But I am sure qx will be along soon enough.

[ChrLzs]

First ever image????

Harumph. From the Wiki:

They were first recorded on October 21, 1989, on a monochrome video of a thunderstorm on the horizon taken from the Space Shuttle as it passed over Australia. Blue jets occur much less frequently than sprites. By 2007, fewer than a hundred images had been obtained....

The blue ones are much more difficult to catch than the red sprites, but this ain't the first... I looked into these some time ago when UFO claims were made when video appeared from the ISS of the red ones...

This video from 1994:

[danielost]

devils triangle. something like this could mess up your compass.

Edited April 8, 2016 by danielost

[Mars94]

Such beauty, I live to see things like this!