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Astronauts captured a rare image of a giant red sprite over Central America
Astronauts captured a rare image of a giant red sprite over Central America
Dave Mosher Tomorrow at 8:10 AM
An astronaut took a beautiful photo of Earth at night, below, while flying over Central America in the International Space Station.
The moon is in the upper left, and a massive thunderstorm off to the right.
But there’s something weird lurking in this image, captured on August 10.
Can you spot it?
More:
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/red-sprite-lightning-photographed-from-space-2015-8
Science:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/122841487