Red Sprite
- Recently, the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut photographed an uncommon occurrence termed a ‘red sprite’.
- A ‘red sprite’ represents an extraordinary meteorological phenomenon categorized as a Transient Luminous Event (TLE).
- Sprite is also an acronym for Stratospheric/mesospheric Perturbations resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification.
- Occasionally dubbed ‘red lightning’, it occurs above thunderclouds at altitudes between 40 and 80 kilometres (25 - 50 miles) above the Earth's surface.
- Also, as the ‘red sprites’ form above thunder clouds, they are not easily studied from Earth and are mostly seen from ....
