Astronauts spot elusive red sprite from the International Space Station

Astronauts on the International Space Station have snapped a picture of an elusive atmospheric phenomenon called a "red sprite".

These are intense electrical explosions that occur high above thunderstorms. Their red jellyfish-like tendrils send pulses of electrical energy up toward the edge of space, but they only last for one thousandth of a second.

By: Mark Brown, Edited by: Duncan Geere

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