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fromFuturism
1 day ago

Astronaut Photographs Lightning Tower That Looks Like Something Evil From "Lord of the Rings"

As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below.
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