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Thunderstorm Sprite - 18th September 2023
One of my meteor cameras caught an example of this unusual form of lightning last night. There'd been a huge thunderstorm over us around midnight, but this is from a far more distant thunderstorm somewhere to the north.  This is lightning that reaches up towards the ionosphere. To see it you need clear skies and a suitably distant thunderstorm. There have been some really spectacular examples posted to the meteor network groups recently, but this is the first one I've noticed on one of my cameras...

Thunderstorm Sprite - 18th September 2023

One of my meteor cameras caught an example of this unusual form of lightning last night. There'd been a huge thunderstorm over us around midnight, but this is from a far more distant thunderstorm somewhere to the north. This is lightning that reaches up towards the ionosphere. To see it you need clear skies and a suitably distant thunderstorm. There have been some really spectacular examples posted to the meteor network groups recently, but this is the first one I've noticed on one of my cameras...

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Filename:FF_UK003X_20230918_044142_999_0882176_fits.jpg
Album name:Rick / Aurorae and Atmospheric Phenomena
Rating (1 votes):55555
Image date, time and location:2023 September 18th, 04:41 UTC, Dursley, Gloucestershire
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:4mm lens
Camera and filters used:Sony IMX291 camera
Processing applied:Maxpixel image extracted from a ten-second RMS FITS file
Filesize:38 KiB
Date added:Sep 18, 2023
Dimensions:1280 x 720 pixels
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