Ethereal photos capture rare “red lightning” phenomenon
Jason Ahrnshas had a very unusual summer . For the last several weeks , the University of Alaska - Fairbanks grad pupil has been studying sprites – a rare grade of red lightning that look high above thunderclouds . And he ’s been doing it from a aeroplane . Ahrns is working with scientists from the Air Force Academy and Fort Lewis College on an NSF - fund study of the rarefied lightning ....