#ElectricalStorms
LightNews LightNews
skriley.bsky.social
Red Sprites above The Kimberley, Western Australia.

Photographer Danny Welgama says red sprites happen in the blink of an eye.

#RedSprites #LuminousPlasma #ElectricalStorms #Photography #Australia
A fleeting burst of red light high above a Kimberley storm in Western Australia's far north has been caught on camera by photographer Danny Welgama, from 150-200 kilometres away. These red sprites, blue jets and gigantic jets are shooting upwards, 40-90 kilometres above large thunderstorm clouds. A Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson said while lightning strikes and red sprites were both large-scale electrical discharges, they were quite different. Red sprites, a form of luminous plasma, occur in higher levels of the atmosphere, the stratosphere and/or mesosphere, compared to typical lightning, which is in the lowest layer, the troposphere. Source: ABC Kimberley
January 13, 2026 at 7:52 AM
daisybloom1001.bsky.social
I'm 95% sure I just witnessed ball lightning over Long Island at 4 am. The fleeting moment left me questioning what I really saw. Anyone else ever caught a glimpse of this elusive phenomenon in the night sky?

#BallLightning #ElectricalStorms #MysteriousPhenomena #WeatherWatch
Hi everyone, it’s 4 am in LI, and I’m 95% sure I saw what could have been ball lightning.
September 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM