Jun 9 1995
From The Space Library
Mysterious red flashes that extend up to 55 miles above thunderstorms, called sprites, have been found over Peru. A NASA-sponsored investigation used special low-light-level cameras aboard a Westwind-2 jet aircraft to record the brief flashes. Fewer sprites were found in South America than were found over quickly moving storms in the central U.S. last summer. Sprites can be seen from the ground after dark under certain conditions. Blue jets were also documented in the U.S., although no blue jets were seen over South America. (NASA Release 95-84; New Scientist, Aug 19/95)
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