Yes, sorry for not explaining myself. Sprites are little understood, but they are essentially lightning that shoots upward out of the top of a storm. Very rarely seen or documented.
I think the fact that we now have two known images of them associated with a geomagnetic storm may give scientists and important clue, however. Beyond being a cool image, I wonder if this is a great clue to further understanding sprites - Given that the APOD image he refers to also was with aurora, I wonder if this is truly a lightning sprite or rather some previously unseen/unexplained phenomena associated with the geomagnetic storm itself - OR - whether storm lightning sprite generation is somehow related/linked to coincidental geomagnetic activity that is not strong enough to manifest itself as aurora, but the association is made clear with two photos of sprites at the same time as geomagnetic storms. On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice shot of yours, and a wow wow on HOllingshead - I gather the "sprite" is > that little purplish-pinkish guy dancing in the sky.. > How great to see that stuff live it must be > > ann > > > On 6/1/2013 09:31, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> I was only out for an hour, but Nebraska photographer Mike >> Hollingshead was out all night and got incredible imagery, including a >> sprite (photos of which are exceedingly rare). >> http://www.extremeinstability.com >> According to him, the display went from twilight to twilight and was >> not phased even after the moon rose. >> By the way, you could get LOST in his website. >> >> On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> A nice geomagnetic storm is ongoing at this moment, across North >>>> America. >>>> Here is what I saw from south-central Nebraska, about an hour ago: >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8909554848/ >>>> >>>> Best if you can get north away from city lights, or are in a rural >>>> location. >>>> http://www.solarham.net/oval.htm >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - >>>> Peter Galassi >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
