Astronauts Spot Mysterious Sprites From The International Space Station

Thunderstorms are ferocious natural phenomena. Crackles of lightning and booms of thunder reign over the surface of the Earth. However, something else occasionally floats ethereally above the storm clouds: a short-lived sprite. These curious bursts of energy have been spotted not once, but twice in one evening by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
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