{"id":13216,"date":"2024-07-12T09:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T09:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13216"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T09:03:09","slug":"eerie-red-lights-glowing-in-earths-atmosphere-captured-by-astronaut-in-jaw-dropping-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13216","title":{"rendered":"Eerie red lights glowing in Earth’s atmosphere captured by astronaut in jaw-dropping image"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s definitely NOT aliens… so they say<\/h2>\n

A NASA astronaut has spotted some spooky looking red lights floating in Earth’s atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Space<\/a>\u00a0is, as we know, largely a big old\u00a0mystery<\/a>\u00a0to us humans living on this huge floating rock, and it would seem that some things still surprise the experts who boldly go where most never will.<\/p>\n

One of those is the commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, Matthew Dominick, who recently captured a pic of a\u00a0strange phenomena<\/a>, called a ‘red sprite’, hanging over Earth.<\/p>\n

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An astronaut recently captured this striking image. (Nasa\/Matthew Dominick)<\/cite><\/div>\n

According to NASA, these bizarre\u00a0weather<\/a>\u00a0events (definitely not aliens… ) happen over lightning clouds, way up in the mesosphere.<\/p>\n

Sharing his photo on\u00a0social media<\/a>, Dominick said: “Super lucky a few weeks ago when shooting a timelapse of a lightning storm off the coast of South Africa.<\/p>\n

“One of the frames in the timelapse had a red sprite.<\/p>\n

“If there are any red sprite experts out there I would enjoy tips on how to capture more of these.<\/p>\n

“Clearly, look for lightning storms, but I’m thinking the stronger the storm the better.”<\/p>\n

NASA<\/a>\u00a0is now encouraging us regular folk to get in touch with our own photos.<\/p>\n

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A previous red sprite captured by the European Space Agency. (ESA)<\/cite><\/div>\n

In a press release about the incident, a spokesperson for the space agency urged followers to share information to help their scientists study the phenomena in greater detail.<\/p>\n

It\u00a0said<\/a>: “While space station crew hunt for TLEs from space, you can help right here on Earth: send your photographs of sprites and other TLEs to NASA\u2019s citizen science project, Spritacular, to contribute to a crowdsourced database that professional scientists can use for research.”<\/p>\n

This comes after another astronaut recently opened up about their own experience of seeing Earth from way, way up there.<\/p>\n

Former cadet Ron Garan spent 178 days in space, and it had a profound effect on how he viewed our planet, coming to the ‘sobering realisation’ that us\u00a0Earthlings are ‘living a lie’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking<\/a>\u00a0to the Big Think, the New Yorker said that he realised the things that most humans are worried about aren’t a big deal after all – but we should be\u00a0a lot<\/em>\u00a0more concerned about global warming, deforestation and\u00a0biodiversity<\/a>\u00a0loss.<\/p>\n

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Ron Garan realised we were ‘living a lie’ while up in space. (Erika Goldring\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“When I looked out the window of the International Space Station, I saw the paparazzi-like flashes of\u00a0lightning storms<\/a>, I saw dancing curtains of auroras that seemed so close it was as if we could reach out and touch them.<\/p>\n

“And I saw the unbelievable thinness of our planet’s atmosphere. In that moment, I was hit with the sobering realisation that that paper-thin layer keeps every living thing on our planet alive.<\/p>\n

“I saw an iridescent biosphere teeming with life. I didn’t see the\u00a0economy<\/a>. But since our human-made systems treat everything, including the very life-support systems of our planet, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it’s obvious from the vantage point of space that we’re living a lie.”<\/p>\n

Something to think about, eh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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