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‘A perfect coincidence’: rare red #lightning captured in New Zealand skies #NewZealand #RedSprites #photography

Link for more info, #photos and video: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...?

Photo credits: Tom Rae, Dan Zafra and José Cantabrana
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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A good night ahead!

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Red sprites over Baléares Islands
November 1, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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I spent several days around Christchurch NZ a few years ago, the vistas were grand but I never saw red sprites! They are among a group of weather phenomena known as transient luminous events. I have seen captures from space, never from the ground!!😲

#RedSprites #Space #Photography
Photo of Red Lightning Sprites above the cliffs Tom Rae photography
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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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
stim3on.bsky.social
On the topic of #RedSprites, I never actually posted the ones I caught last year on August 14th.

They occured over a large thunderstorm complex in the Franche-Comté region in France, about 400 km from my location. 🔭
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Nighttime image zoomed in on the sky just above the horizon. Stars are visible above a glowing layer of haze and light pollution. Among the stars are several red sprites, seen as red streaks, some are branching out and some have faint halos around their top.
July 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Where are my red sprite (storm aurora) fans on Bluesky? #redsprites #sprites #stormaurora #spritesarentlightning
February 11, 2024 at 10:41 PM
northumb-astro.bsky.social
WOW !! I never expected to see this on the Meteor Cam livestream, RED SPRITES over the North Sea early this morning. I think it's rare to capture this in the UK ? 🌩️⚡

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#Lightning #RedSprites #Weather #Astrophotography
June 20, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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I was speechless when I saw this appear on my camera's LCD screen last night - this is only the second time I photographed #RedSprites.
Photograph of a red sprite. It has three vertical columns that branch out towards the top and and in the middle. The thing looks a bit like someone's crude attempts to paint lines with a can of spray paint. The color is a very vibrant red against a blueish nightsky with many stars.
June 26, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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From red sprites to Milky Way marvels, these winning shots from #CaptureTheDark2025 are truly otherworldly (15 pics): zorz.it/TVHct

#SaumyaRatan #RedSprites #MilkyWay #photography #PhotographyContest #SkyPhotography #WinningShots #showcase #winners
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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red sprites in italy July 4, 2021...
#2021, #italy, #redsprites
January 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Beautiful Carrot Sprites and Green Ghost in Cape Greco, #Cyprus by George Paraskevaides. Taken on December 13, 2023 ⚡ Follow @extremeweather.club for more #storm photos from around the world

#atmosphere #storm #lightning #redsprite #thunderstorms #sprites #redsprites #nikon #nikoneurope
March 13, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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This Gigantic Jet #TLE was captured from the International Space Station by
astronaut Matthew Dominick on July 1st while flying above Indonesia.
I re-processed the image from the raw file.
#redsprites #iss 🔭

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picture of the limb of earth at night with a greenish airglow layer marking earths atmosphere. In the center, the gigantic jet - a collumn of light, starting in a deep purple color and transitioning to a deep red color rises up from the surface. it branches out towards the top. zoomed out version of the previous image, the gigantic jet is visible left of the image center. Earths atmosphere is visible with strong curvature. Below, city lights can be seen, partially blurred by clouds. Above, a black sky with many stars is visible.
August 3, 2024 at 5:19 PM
quentinrey.com
Last night, powerful storms took place over the Mediterranean, near the Balearic Islands. It was a great opportunity for us to capture numerous, beautiful red sprites! What an evening!

As a bonus, a bolide passed through the frame!

#WxSky #RedSprites #Photography #WxBluesky #Meteo #Weather
Red sprites over the Mediterranean on the night of November 1-2, 2024. Red sprites over the Mediterranean on the night of November 1-2, 2024. Red sprites over the Mediterranean on the night of November 1-2, 2024. A bolide passing through the frame!
November 2, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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kansas red sprites...
#kansas, #redsprites
December 4, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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Nice #RedSprites pictures & enhancing, for sure!

There are 4 map-pins south of #SouthAfrica on isspix.com/ISS071 for Ricardo Rossi’s tweet-with-video, a tweet-reply by @huubeggen.bsky.social & your post. Why 4 pins? Two are at location of ||+|| & photographer Matthew Dominick at time of #RedSprites
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June 15, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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Wow, super Aufnahme! #RedSprites

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A Midsummer Red Sprite Seen from Space - NASA
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed red sprites in Earth’s upper atmosphere from the International Space Station on June 3, 2024. The bright red
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July 14, 2024 at 6:44 PM
stim3on.bsky.social
Amazing picture of #RedSprites taken by Astronaut Matthew Dominick from the International Space Station #ISS on June 3rd.
I reprocessed the image from the original RAW file and applied some light AI denoising to it. 🔭

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picture from the international Space Station showing the Earth at night with a brightly visible airglow from the atmosphere. To the left the coast of South Africa can be seen, and over the sea a group of Lightning flashes are illuminating the clouds und a blue light. Above the largest flash in the foreground a group of red diffuse lightning shoots up into the sky. a crop on the red sprites
June 14, 2024 at 2:45 PM
quentinrey.com
📷 De très beaux red sprites dans la soirée du 26 novembre 2025, en direction d’orages sur la Méditerranée entre la Sardaigne et la Corse ! De très jolis spécimens ! Il a fallu braver le froid et le vent, mais ça en valait la peine !

#redsprites #sprites #weather #photography
De très beaux red sprites dans la soirée du 26 novembre 2025, en direction d’orages sur la Méditerranée entre la Sardaigne et la Corse ! De très jolis spécimens ! Il a fallu braver le froid et le vent, mais ça en valait la peine ! Beautiful red sprites appeared on the evening of November 26, 2025, above storms over the Mediterranean between Sardinia and Corsica! Very nice specimens! I had to brave the cold and the wind, but it was worth it! De très beaux red sprites dans la soirée du 26 novembre 2025, en direction d’orages sur la Méditerranée entre la Sardaigne et la Corse ! De très jolis spécimens ! Il a fallu braver le froid et le vent, mais ça en valait la peine ! Beautiful red sprites appeared on the evening of November 26, 2025, above storms over the Mediterranean between Sardinia and Corsica! Very nice specimens! I had to brave the cold and the wind, but it was worth it!
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
extremeweather.club
Awesome #RedSprites over Cape Greco, #Cyprus by George Paraskevaides. Taken on January 11, 2024 ⚡ Follow @extremeweather.club for more #storm photos from around the world
February 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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March 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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A feel-good post! #redlightning #redsprites #photography #NZ #newzealand www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
‘A perfect coincidence’: rare red lightning captured in New Zealand skies
The extremely unusual phenomenon – also known as red lightning – lasts for a millisecond and is rarely visible to the naked eye
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October 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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🚨 Giant Red Sprites Above Tibet 🚨

Captured by astrophotographer Dong Shuchang, these rare crimson flashes appeared high above thunderstorms over the Tibetan Plateau.

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Giant Red Sprites Captured Above Tibet Create a Spectacular Display in Earth's Upper Atmosphere
Rare red sprites captured above Tibet by astrophotographer Dong Shuchang reveal one of Earth's most spectacular sky events.
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June 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM