“Sprites, which only occur in conjunction with thunderstorms, never occur on their own and are cousins to similar natural phenomenon dubbed by atmospheric electricians as ‘elves,’ ‘goblins ...
Red sprites are a rare type of lightning that occasionally appears high up in the sky at the top of thunderstorms, according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory, affiliated with the National ...
Below is a closer look at this oddity. Note the tendrils (purple) rising from the thunderstorm (bright white/blue) up toward the flash of the sprite (red), sort of like an electrical puppeteer and ...