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If ordinary lightning seems pretty ordinary, upper-atmosphere lightning is something else – an entire zoo of various upper-atmosphere electrical discharges. Red sprites, gigantic and blue … Read more
More red sprites were recorded above storms over central Europe in the night of August 18/19th, further increasing the tally of the already very fruitful … Read more
Have you noticed the huge number of reported red sprites in the skies over Europe lately? What are they? How are they detected? Is this … Read more
Czech upper atmosphere lightning observer Martin Popek reports sprites above the thunderstorms over the northern Adriatic sea last night, October 6/7, 2018. Sprites at 21:29:05 … Read more
The Alpine region, northern Adriatic and northern Balkans were hit by a series of severe thunderstorms over the weekend. A minor shortwave trough caused widespread … Read more
A large and complex cutoff cyclone formed over the northern & central Mediterranean after frontal passage on September 16. The system has been causing locally … Read more