A new round of red sprites over central Europe
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 …
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Large numbers of red sprites in the skies over Europe this summer
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 …
Sprites above thunderstorms over the northern Adriatic sea – October 6/7, 2018
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 …
Severe thunderstorms across the Alpine region, north Adriatic, north Balkans – June 24 & 25, 2017 [Part 1]
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 …
Sprites, blue jets, gigantic jets, elves – Upper Atmosphere Lightning
If ordinary lightning seems pretty ordinary, upper atmosphere lightning is something else – an entire ZOO of various types of upper atmosphere electrical discharges. There …
Spectacular lightning over the Adriatic, Ligurian and Tyyrhenian seas – September 16-18, 2016
A large and complex cutoff cyclone formed over the northern & central Mediterranean after frontal passage on September 16. The system has been causing locally …