Talk about fire in the sky! Monster thunderstorm sparks unusually massive red sprite burst over Slovakia

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Sat, 13 Jun 2020 14:41 UTC

My first reaction was Oh My God...My second, how amazing... My Third, let's talk about fire in the sky!

© Martin Popek

Red sprites storm the sky over Slovakia on June 13, 2020.

My first reaction, oh my God...

© Daniel Ščerba

Burst of red sprites in the sky over Slovakia. Picture taken from Czech Republic

My second, how amazing...

© Daniel Ščerba

Giant storm triggers burst of red sprites in the sky over Slovakia. Picture taken from Czech Republic

My third, what a great shot!

© Daniel Ščerba

Massive firework of red sprites in the sky over Slovakia. Picture taken from Czech Republic

Talk about fire in the sky!

© Daniel Ščerba

Just too impressive sky phenomena… Picture taken from Czech Republic

This massive burst of red sprites lit up the sky over a powerful thunderstorm that took place tonight in Slovakia.

The sprite storm was noticed immediately by several observers from Hungary (József Bór) and the Czech Republic (Petr Horálek, Daniel Ščerba, Martin Popek).

It is indeed unusual to observe so many bursts at once. This must have been a monster electric storm.

Red sprites are a kind of transient luminous events. They are a flash resulting from an electric discharge in the atmosphere above a thundercloud at an altitude of 50 to 90 km as presented in the article below.

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