Atmospheric phenomenon

Red sprites and blue jets are very high altitude upper atmospheric phenomena associated with thunderstorms. They have only recently been documented on camera. Red sprites are massive (as big as 20 km in size), but faint luminous flashes that appear directly above an active thunderstorm and coincide with powerful lightning strikes. Blue jets too are a high altitude optical phenomenon, but are different from sprites. They were first documented in 1994. Blue jets are optical ejections from the…

Ice Haloes in Kittilä, Finland, photographer Sauli Koski

Recent Image of Red sprite taken in Italy, July 4, 2021 🇮🇹 Red sprite is a type of lightning and rarely has it ever been photographed in this detail. Even though sprites have been recorded for over 30 years, their root cause remains unknown. Some thunderstorms have them, but most don't. These mysterious bursts of light in the upper atmosphere momentarily resemble gigantic jellyfish.

A patchy drizzle, a snowstorm in the middle of December, a foggy morning and a burst of clear sunshine on that fine Friday afternoon – are all common and equally vital events that happen daily in our atmosphere.

Photo: Anna Anikina (Shutterstock)The age of the noctilucent cloud is upon us. Night-shining clouds are historically rare, beautiful formations of shimmering ice crystals hanging in the upper atmosphere that were only visible in the northern parts of the world in years past. They’ve been steadily creeping south for four decades though, so this could be the year you peep this unique phenomenon from your backyard.While noctilucent clouds are often present in the upper atmosphere, they aren’t…

And suddenly an giant eye formed in the sky of Finland. And the incredible sun halo is like starring at us! Awesome atmospheric phenomenon sun halo picture!

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The images will be on display in a special exhibit in July at the NOAA's Maryland campus.

I hear the rain on the outside of my house pounding on the roof and watering the dry ground! I sense the rain of the Spirit gathering up power and getting ready to pour out upon the Church; upon th…

This amazing photo is from the very talented @leo_houlding taken in Antarctica. It’s a very rare and beautiful solar parhelion which is in…