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These are rarely photographed and absolutely amazing! GIGANTIC SPRITES OVER THE USA: With the arrival of summer, thunderstorm activity is underway across the USA. We all know what comes out of the bottom of thunderstorms: lightning. Lesser known is what comes out of the top: sprites. Lately there has been a bumper crop of sprites, reports Thomas Ashcraft, a longtime observer of the phenomenon. Here is one of the largest jellyfish sprites I have captured in the last four years. The cluster shot up from western Oklahoma on June 23, so large that it was visible from Ashcrafts observatory in New Mexico 289 miles awayAccording to my measurements, it was 40 miles tall and 46 miles wide. This sprite would dwarf Mt. Everest! he exclaims. spaceweather vimeo/99060196
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:46:01 +0000

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