Unlike standard lightning that bolts from clouds down to the ground, sprites leap upward from storm tops, glowing red as they interact with nitrogen in the thin upper atmosphere. Most last mere ...

Texas, Florida and Oklahoma experience the most lightning strikes in the U.S., with Texas leading in strikes per square mile.

"Super lucky a few weeks ago when shooting a timelapse of a lightning storm off the coast of South Africa. One of the frames in the timelapse had a red sprite," NASA astronaut Dominick wrote on X ...

A red alert for rain and storm has been issued for Delhi and the National Capital Region by the weather office, warning of ...

Thunder, lightning—then the radio call: “Kiva is arming rockets.” One storm had a purple center now, the most intense. Bands of red and orange were passing in front of us. While the Langmuir ...

"Super lucky a few weeks ago when shooting a timelapse of a lightning storm off the coast of South Africa," Dominick wrote on X. "One of the frames in the timelapse had a red sprite. A rare event.

“The crouch”—where you sit in a crouched squatting position with your hands over your head—is not the best course of action during a thunder and lightning storm. “If you’re caught ...

Red sprites are known to occur high above thunder ... Super lucky a few weeks ago when shooting a timelapse of a lightning storm off the coast of South Africa,' as Dominick explained his image ...

"If at the beach, keep in mind that lightning can strike ten miles from the storm," Canfield said. "We do our best when we have our red light on top of these control towers, and you'll see our ...

He later died as a result of the incident. Fishing is dangerous during a lightning storm "in part, because it often requires extra time to get to a safe place," Jensenius said. "It's vitally ...