Chasing Sprites in Electric Skies | NASA | chasing

Paul Smith is a night-sky fanatic and photographer. His obsession is sprites: immense jolts of light that flicker high above thunderstorms. Last October, he guided NASA scientist Dr. Burcu Kosar through the backroads of Oklahoma to catch one herself. Although she’d studied sprites for over 15 years, she hadn’t yet chased one. Read more about chasing sprites with Paul and Burcu

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