#transient luminous event

[cleverreports]

We report: in the small hours of the morning, we caught a few fairies dancing far above the storm. They immediately hid from view again, obviously self-conscious of our noticing them. Our expert whispered about transient luminous events, as though afraid of spooking them away.

[kestarren]

Red Sprite, seen by the photographer while watching lightning and waiting for auroras, 18 Oct '25. Aoraki Mt. Cook National Park, New Zealand. Photo © Taichi Nakamura.

[wigmund]

Photo of a sprite above a thunderstorm taken July 3, 2025 by NASA astronaut Nicole Ayers from the International Space Station.

From Nicole Ayer's Instagram:

Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms.

[meme-xx]

(extra) 2023 02-05 00:07:48 and 00:33:49 HST red sprites

マウナケア山頂から国立天文台と朝日新聞社により配信されている「すばる朝日星空カメラ」に、超高度放電現象のひとつ レッドスプライトが捉えられました。スプライトが短時間に形を変える様子も見られます。Subaru-Asahi Star camera, organized by NAOJ (National Astron...

NO WAR "Red sprites", ultra-high altitude discharge phenomenon (Transient Luminous Event), is observed at Subaru-Asahi Star camera, organized by NAOJ (National Astronomical Obsearvatory of Japan) and Asahi Shimbun, distributed from the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA. Permission is granted. https://youtu.be/mhTZjFPx4-c

[bluecapsicum]

The thunderstorms I've drawn this year so far for Reports From Unknown Places, my meteorological fiction project.

[octastims]

Red sprites and ghosts

[octastims]

Bright red sprite

[octahedral-chaos]

My gender is ELVES (Emission of Light and Very Low Frequency perturbations due to Electromagnetic Pulse Sources)