NASA Astronaut Captures Stunning Red Sprites Above Earth
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NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured images of mysterious blue orbs and red sparks from the International Space Station, which are identified as lightning strikes and rare weather events called "red sprites." These phenomena, related to powerful lightning events, are still not fully understood and are part of NASA's "Spritacular" citizen science project to crowdsource images of sprites.
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