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[edit]Noun
[edit]red sprite (plural red sprites)
- (astronomy, meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, large but weak luminous flashes that appear directly above an active thunderstorm system and are coincident with powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strokes
- 1999, Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, Skies of fury: weather weirdness around the world[1], Simon and Schuster, page 99:
- Red sprites flash high above thunderstorm clouds.
See also
[edit]- blue starter
- bluejet
- elve
- gigantic jet
- gnome
- pixie
- sprite halo
- sprelve
- sprite
- transient luminous events
- troll
- upward lightning