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ISS caught this sprite over Mexico (thelemmy.club)
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[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I gotchu

Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) are colorful, bright, faster-than-lightning flashes that thunderstorms generate above the clouds. TLEs can take a variety of fanciful shapes with equally fanciful names. The most frequently observed TLEs are called “sprites,” like the enigmatic and playful fairies of folklore.

https://science.nasa.gov/citizen-science/spritacular/

this post was submitted on 10 May 2026
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