A rare and visually stunning electrical phenomenon lit up the skies over North America earlier this week, as NASA astronaut ...

A photographer captured a mesmerizing form of red lightning in southern China. On May 9, around midnight in Guiyang, a photographer happened to be at the right place at the right time. A storm was ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

Prevost, who joined Carolina Storm Spotters in 2021, is now recovering but still feels jittery. Despite the ordeal, she ...

What you’re seeing is a cluster of “red sprites,” which are created when lightning is so powerful that it creates a stream of electromagnetic discharge above the storm. In this case, the ...

Something pretty crazy is happening in the skies way, way up above Hurricane Matthew. It’s called sprite lightning, and it’s the closest thing nature has to fireworks. Occasionally, in very ...

If you zoom in on the image, you can also spot a single red offshoot, known as a "troll". Trolls appear when the ionosphere comes into contact with lightning's electromagnetic force.

Phenomenal sunset boasts red sky, lightning and rainbows — all at once Photos of a magnificent D.C.-area sunset and lightning that followed Updated July 12, 2022 More than 2 years ago ...