"A trio of photographers in New Zealand have captured images of red sprites, or red lightning, one of the rarest light phenomena in the world, in which luminous crimson flashes appear in the sky. New Zealand photographer Tom Rae and Spanish photographers Dan Zafra and Jose Cantabrana set out to shoot the Milky Way over the Omarama Clay cliffs in the South Island on 11 October, when they chanced upon the extraordinary event."
"Red sprites are bursts of electrical energy in the upper atmosphere, generated by thunderstorms. Unlike lightning that shoots towards the ground, red sprites shoot upwards towards the upper atmosphere, creating forms that look like columns, carrots or even jellyfish. The first photograph of a red sprite was taken accidentally in 1989, by a team at the University of Minnesota. They are so brief lasting just a millisecond that they are rarely visible to the naked eye, but Rae got lucky."
"Dan and I just could not believe it there was a whole bunch of screaming and shouting and all sorts going on in the dark. I happened to be looking directly at one when it happened just a perfect coincidence looking at the right part of the sky and I saw a brief red flash, he said. Witnessing the phenomena was a dream for Rae, an award-winning night scape photographer. It looks like you're seeing something that is not real, it's very et"
Three photographers documented red sprites, rare crimson electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere, while photographing the Milky Way over the Omarama Clay cliffs on 11 October. The event occurred as a storm brewed on the horizon and was an unexpected coincidence for the observers. Red sprites form above thunderstorms, shooting upward and taking shapes like columns, carrots or jellyfish. The first photograph of a red sprite was taken accidentally in 1989. Sprites last only milliseconds and are rarely visible to the naked eye, making direct photographic captures exceptionally uncommon and notable.
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