A picture snapped from the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has captured a lesser-seen view of an extraordinary atmospheric phenomenon known as a red sprite.
lurch (he/him) - 5mon
Cool pic, but horrible clickbait article title. Like telling ppl upfront it's rare red sprite lightning wouldn't get ppl interested.
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Sterile_Technique @lemmy.world - 5mon
The pic, for those who don't want to give them clicks:
That's incredible!
For a moment I thought they were seeing a mushroom cloud, so that's a relief.
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dangling_cat - 5mon
Yeah that’s an anomaly from The Zone
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lurch (he/him) - 5mon
You're an anomaly from the zone
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bishop - 5mon
Your mum's an anomaly from the zone
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lurch (he/him) - 5mon
how do you know my mum?
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bishop - 5mon
We can talk about that over breakfast tomorrow.
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Gork @sopuli.xyz - 5mon
Interesting. It has structure. Magnetic phenomenon perhaps?
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SheeEttin @lemmy.zip - 5mon
Yeah electromagnetic effect from lightning
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ideonek - 5mon
Ehh, intergalactic gaming is way more railroded than it used to be, if waypoints are that on the nose. Remeber when you had to eyeball the circles cut in the grass? That's too much. Like, wy do we have coordinates at this point? At my time aliens could read a map without hand-holding. Don't even bother. You may introduce stargates just as well.
cm0002 in space
ISS Astronauts Look Out Over the US—Can't Believe What They See - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/rare-red-sprites-phenomenon-captured-international-space-station-2094610Cool pic, but horrible clickbait article title. Like telling ppl upfront it's rare red sprite lightning wouldn't get ppl interested.
The pic, for those who don't want to give them clicks:
https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/2676949/red-sprites.webp?w=790&f=6529518ed30d893c8535db7cfe3db604
That's incredible! For a moment I thought they were seeing a mushroom cloud, so that's a relief.
Yeah that’s an anomaly from The Zone
You're an anomaly from the zone
Your mum's an anomaly from the zone
how do you know my mum?
We can talk about that over breakfast tomorrow.
Interesting. It has structure. Magnetic phenomenon perhaps?
Yeah electromagnetic effect from lightning
Ehh, intergalactic gaming is way more railroded than it used to be, if waypoints are that on the nose. Remeber when you had to eyeball the circles cut in the grass? That's too much. Like, wy do we have coordinates at this point? At my time aliens could read a map without hand-holding. Don't even bother. You may introduce stargates just as well.