The rare atmospheric phenomenon was powered by thunderstorms off the coast of South Africa.
©NASA/Matthew Dominick NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed red sprites in Earth’s upper atmosphere from the ISS.
Aside from the spaceship-looking orbs, subtle hints of bright red flashes appear in the photograph as well. NASA describes the colorful streaks as a “less understood phenomena” associated with powerful lightning events. The red flashes appear high above the clouds in the mesosphere, the third layer of the atmosphere that’s directly above the stratosphere.
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