Astronaut's Photo Shows a Huge Blue Flash in Earth's Atmosphere - Gizmodo

There are also trolls, which are jet-like, and other magically named luminous forms of lightning that happen above the clouds.

The colors of the various phenomena are shaped by the atmosphere; on Earth, nitrogen makes sprites appear red, but on Jupiter, a hydrogen-rich atmosphere would make sprites blue.

Since 2018, the ASIM experiment aboard the ISS has observed these forms of giant lightning.

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