{"id":247182,"date":"2025-07-06T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T06:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=b86329a0734aa212c656f1940e995da0"},"modified":"2025-07-06T16:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T06:25:44","slug":"space-station-caught-rare-lightning-phenomenon-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=247182","title":{"rendered":"Space Station caught rare lightning phenomenon in space"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a stunning image of a rare red lightning phenomenon known as a \u201csprite\u201d from the International Space Station on July 3. The jellyfish-shaped electrical burst was seen rising above a massive thunderstorm over Mexico and the southern U.S., including parts of California and Texas. <\/p>\n

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Sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high in the mesosphere, triggered by positive lightning strikes. <\/div>\n
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Part of a group of upper-atmosphere events called Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), sprites are still not fully understood, despite decades of research.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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