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A picture snapped from the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has captured a lesser-seen view of an extraordinary atmospheric phenomenon known as a red sprite.

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Cool pic, but horrible clickbait article title. Like telling ppl upfront it's rare red sprite lightning wouldn't get ppl interested.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

The pic, for those who don't want to give them clicks:

[–] IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's incredible! For a moment I thought they were seeing a mushroom cloud, so that's a relief.

[–] dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah that’s an anomaly from The Zone

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're an anomaly from the zone

[–] bishoponarope@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your mum's an anomaly from the zone

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] bishoponarope@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

We can talk about that over breakfast tomorrow.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Interesting. It has structure. Magnetic phenomenon perhaps?

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago

Yeah electromagnetic effect from lightning