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Sprites and Orion

More than 30 TLEs were observed during the evening of Nov. 13, 2023 over thunderstorms at SE. Aegean Sea. Parent lightning flash seen below. The dark horizontal patches are clouds. Orion nebula can be seen on top.

 

TLEs (like red sprites) appear, under specific circumstances, above thunderstorms (e.g. red sprites appear at altitudes of 40-90 km).

 

I've used a Sigma 85 mm lens at f/1.4, for 1/25'' with 30 k iso.

 

Our paper about the first-ever observations of upper atmospheric electrical discharges (TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, e.g. “red sprites”) from Greece: www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/26/1/9

 

What is a red sprite? Info here: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2017/04/red-sprite.html

 

Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/

 

My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/

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Uploaded on November 16, 2023
Taken on November 13, 2023