#RedSprite - Twitter Hashtag

about 1 month ago

A photographer captured a rare, gigantic Red Sprite over Puma Yumco Lake in Nagarzê County, Xizang. He said it was the first time he'd ever seen one that huge — so thrilled that he kept shooting all night! #RedSprite #Xizang ##GoXizang #XizangVibes

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Hermes @hermesisos

about 2 months ago

26 Mayıs 2026 Tibet Çin 🇨🇳 Red Sprite (Kızıl Cin) Artan atmosferik yük, zayıf manyetik stabilite ve değişen iyonosfer evrelerinde yük boşalmaları daha yoğun ve daha sık görülmeye başlandı. #redsprite #poleshift

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Zaida Alicea

@zaida_alicea

3 months ago

@CuriosityonX What an incredible masterpiece! ✨ A rare red sprite captured from space — 50 miles tall, glowing pink for a split second. God’s creation is perfect. Everything is a masterpiece. Thank you Lord for these breathtaking reminders of Your glory! 🙏🏻 #GodsCreation #RedSprite

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ZAKITO｜ハイブリッドボーカル

@music_zakito

3 months ago

SpotifyのCanvas、あるのとないので印象けっこう変わる。 ZAKITOの新曲「Red Sprite」は他の曲から繋がる覚醒のストーリー性を持ちながらも、前進、応援ソング。そして、「見てもらいたい曲」でもあります。ぜひ音も映像もあわせて聴いて、見て下さい♪ #ZAKITO #RedSprite

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Hermes @hermesisos

5 months ago

23-24 Ocak 2026 Nagoya Japonya 🇯🇵 Red Sprite (Kızıl Cin) Yükseklik 101 km Genişlik 50 km #redsprite #atmosphere #poleshift

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Webcams de México

@webcamsdemexico

6 months ago

¡Buenos días! Una vez más, durante la madrugada, la cámara que monitorea el #Volcán #Popocatépetl captura los increíbles pilares de luz. Qué maravilla nos regala la naturaleza, ¿verdad? Vistas Altzomoni. Gracias #CENAPRED #timelapse #redsprite #tormentasolar

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Webcams de México

@webcamsdemexico

6 months ago

Estos pilares de luz fueron captados durante la madrugada por la cámara que monitorea el #Volcán #Popocatépetl ¿Se trata de #RedSprites o estamos ante algo diferente? ¿Qué opinas? Vistas Altzomoni. Gracias #CENAPRED #timelapse #redsprite #tormentasolar https://t.co/XLs9U4W5AH

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Geology Bits of Knowledge

@geologyBits

8 months ago

🟥 🌩 This image beautifully captures a red sprite, a rare and transient upper-atmospheric phenomenon, photographed from the International Space Station (ISS). ❤️ 🔁 #RedSprite #UpperAtmosphericLightning 🎞 @NASA ▶️ Red sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, typically at altitudes of 50–90 km (mesosphere and lower ionosphere). They appear as reddish-orange jellyfish-like structures with dangling tendrils below and diffuse glowing regions above. In this photo, you can clearly see: ▪️ The bright central column with a vivid red-to-purple hue ▪️ Faint downward-streaming tendrils (the “jellyfish tentacles”) ▪️ A bluish-white carrot-shaped core at the top ▪️ The curved limb of Earth with a thin green airglow layer and the blackness of space beyond Part of an astronaut’s arm in the foreground, giving scale and context. ▶️ Sprites are triggered by powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strokes (+CG) in the underlying thunderstorm. Here’s the simplified process: ↘️ A strong +CG lightning bolt removes a large amount of positive charge from the thundercloud top to the ground. This suddenly leaves the cloud top with a huge excess of negative charge. ↘️ The intense electric field above the storm breaks down the air at mesospheric altitudes (where air pressure is extremely low). ↘️ Electrons avalanche upward and downward, exciting nitrogen molecules, which emit the characteristic red light (primarily the 1st positive band of N₂ at ~650–750 nm). The blue/violet tones come from ionized nitrogen (N₂⁺). Because they occur so high and last only milliseconds, sprites are usually only visible from space or from very distant, dark locations on the ground with an unobstructed view above active thunderstorms.

geologyBits's tweet photo. 🟥 🌩 This image beautifully captures a red sprite, a rare and transient upper-atmospheric phenomenon, photographed from the International Space Station (ISS).

❤️ 🔁 #RedSprite #UpperAtmosphericLightning

🎞 @NASA
▶️ Red sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, typically at altitudes of 50–90 km (mesosphere and lower ionosphere).

They appear as reddish-orange jellyfish-like structures with dangling tendrils below and diffuse glowing regions above.

In this photo, you can clearly see:

▪️ The bright central column with a vivid red-to-purple hue

▪️ Faint downward-streaming tendrils (the “jellyfish tentacles”)

▪️ A bluish-white carrot-shaped core at the top

▪️ The curved limb of Earth with a thin green airglow layer and the blackness of space beyond

Part of an astronaut’s arm in the foreground, giving scale and context.

▶️ Sprites are triggered by powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strokes (+CG) in the underlying thunderstorm.

Here’s the simplified process:

↘️ A strong +CG lightning bolt removes a large amount of positive charge from the thundercloud top to the ground.

This suddenly leaves the cloud top with a huge excess of negative charge.

↘️ The intense electric field above the storm breaks down the air at mesospheric altitudes (where air pressure is extremely low).

↘️ Electrons avalanche upward and downward, exciting nitrogen molecules, which emit the characteristic red light (primarily the 1st positive band of N₂ at ~650–750 nm).

The blue/violet tones come from ionized nitrogen (N₂⁺).

Because they occur so high and last only milliseconds, sprites are usually only visible from space or from very distant, dark locations on the ground with an unobstructed view above active thunderstorms.

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hoshikinuta @hoshi_kinuta

8 months ago

2025-09-02 19:40頃三重県北部まだ公開してなかったスプライトの画像。この日の中ではこれが最大でした。一部が雲に隠されていますが、根っこのような構造のテンドリルも写っています。#レッドスプライト #redsprite

hoshi_kinuta's tweet photo. 2025-09-02 19:40頃三重県北部
まだ公開してなかったスプライトの画像。この日の中ではこれが最大でした。
一部が雲に隠されていますが、根っこのような構造のテンドリルも写っています。#レッドスプライト #redsprite https://t.co/Ni6VvZ6dPV

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Theodoros Kolydas

@KolydasT

8 months ago

Αν είναι από κινητό αυτή η λήψη είναι πολύ καλή και σπάνιο να καταγραφεί . H κοκκινη λάμψη είναι #redsprite . Τα red sprites είναι παροδικά φωτεινά φαινόμενα (TLEs) που εμφανίζονται ψηλά πάνω από ισχυρές καταιγίδες, ως ηλεκτρική απόκριση — κυρίως σε ισχυρά θετικά κεραυνικά πλήγματα προς το έδαφος. Το ύψος εμφάνισης στο κύριο σώμα είναι περίπου 50 με 90 km (στη μεσόσφαιρα).Τα καθοδικά ινίδια/”ρίζες”: μπορεί να φτάνουν προς τα κάτω έως ~30–40 km και έχουν διάρκεια μερικά χιλιοστά του δευτερολέπτου ! Εμφανίζονται πάνω από το στρωματικό τμήμα μεγάλων συστημάτων (MCS), σε νύχτα καθαρή/ξηρή, παρατηρούνται καλύτερα από απόσταση ~200–400 km.

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Christian C. @CCChrispic

10 months ago

Another specimen of the night of August 28, 2025, without context. A zoom in the sky, in another world, a red world. #sprite #RedSprite #TLE #thunderstorm #StormHour HQ : https://t.co/mX4n9wp18U

CCChrispic's tweet photo. Another specimen of the night of August 28, 2025, without context. A zoom in the sky, in another world, a red world. #sprite #RedSprite #TLE #thunderstorm #StormHour
HQ : https://t.co/mX4n9wp18U https://t.co/uqjkzIeWtI

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Christian C. @CCChrispic

11 months ago

Thursday evening (August 28), the Red Sprites danced above northern Italy. Photographed from the Vaucluse (south of France) at 10:45pm. Magic! 🥰 #tle #redsprite #orage #thunderstorm #StormHour HQ : https://t.co/b9TtAzmN5Z

CCChrispic's tweet photo. Thursday evening (August 28), the Red Sprites danced above northern Italy. Photographed from the Vaucluse (south of France) at 10:45pm. Magic! 🥰 #tle #redsprite #orage #thunderstorm #StormHour
HQ : https://t.co/b9TtAzmN5Z https://t.co/cGZFM5phKF

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Geopop @Geopopit

about 1 year ago

La foto di un #RedSprite sopra un #temporale visto dalla #ISS: cos'è e cosa sappiamo su questo fenomeno https://t.co/2IvS8JttE4

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Deccan Chronicle

@DeccanChronicle

about 1 year ago

A rare red sprite lightning was seen in Tibet over the weekend. (Video courtesy : X) #Tibet #redsprite

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ChinaConsulateDubai @CGPRCinDubai

about 1 year ago

From the evening of May 31 to Jun. 1, a photographer captured the "Red Sprite Lightning" phenomenon in Shannan City, #Xizang, #China. #RedSprite #lightning

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Beijing Evening News

@BeijingEvening

about 1 year ago

From the evening of May 31 to Jun. 1, a photographer captured the "Red Sprite Lightning" phenomenon in Shannan City, #Xizang, #China. #RedSprite #lightning

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Beijing Daily

@DailyBeijing

about 1 year ago

From the evening of May 31 to Jun. 1, a photographer captured the "Red Sprite Lightning" phenomenon in Shannan City, #Xizang, #China. #RedSprite #lightning

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Gabriel Zaparolli ⛈ @gabriel_zapa

over 1 year ago · Torres

Primeiros sprites vermelhos do ano registrados durante uma linha de tempestades que passava pela região sul do RS no inicio da noite de ontem (05 de fevereiro de 2025). #stormchasing #redsprite #metsul

gabriel_zapa's tweet photo. Primeiros sprites vermelhos do ano registrados durante uma linha de tempestades que passava pela região sul do RS no inicio da noite de ontem (05 de fevereiro de 2025).

#stormchasing #redsprite #metsul https://t.co/NTil3yYdzy

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Stormyalert

@Stormyalert

over 1 year ago

Impresionante!! 🌩 Se ha podido ver algun que otro red sprite desde algunos puntos de la Comunidad Valenciana, como por ejemplo Ayora. #Meteo #severewx #Weather #redsprite 🎥: @meteoayora