Red Sprites Lightning Explained
Channel: DEEP SPACE TV
Date: 18/10/2016

Sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a quite varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground.

Credit: ESO

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