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NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a shocking picture of a uncommon pink lightning phenomenon referred to as a “sprite” from the Worldwide Area Station on July 3. The jellyfish-shaped electrical burst was seen rising above an enormous thunderstorm over Mexico and the southern U.S., together with elements of California and Texas.
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Sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that happen excessive within the mesosphere, triggered by optimistic lightning strikes.
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A part of a gaggle of upper-atmosphere occasions known as Transient Luminous Occasions (TLEs), sprites are nonetheless not absolutely understood, regardless of many years of analysis.
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