Red lightning, also known as a "sprite", is an intriguing weather phenomenon associated with certain very intense thunderstorms. While an ordinary lightning flash extends downward from the clouds to ...

Photographers in Tibet captured 105 red sprites above a single thunderstorm in South Asia—the highest number ever recorded in the region. Using star and satellite positions, scientists determined ...

A strange “red lightning” phenomenon photographed from near a lake site in the southern Tibetan plateau in 2022 was driven by thunderstorms over the Himalayan region, scientists discover in a new ...