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A picture snapped from the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has captured a lesser-seen view of an extraordinary atmospheric phenomenon known as a red sprite.

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[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cool pic, but horrible clickbait article title. Like telling ppl upfront it's rare red sprite lightning wouldn't get ppl interested.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago

The pic, for those who don't want to give them clicks:

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's incredible! For a moment I thought they were seeing a mushroom cloud, so that's a relief.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Interesting. It has structure. Magnetic phenomenon perhaps?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah electromagnetic effect from lightning

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah that’s an anomaly from The Zone

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

You're an anomaly from the zone

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Your mum's an anomaly from the zone

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

We can talk about that over breakfast tomorrow.

this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
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