Fotosammlung von "Kobold"-Blitzen

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Mo, 02 Sep 2013 15:13 UTC

© Thomas Ashcraft

Ashcraft captures a large sprite hanging over West Kansas.

Aufnahmen von sogenannten "Sprites" oder auch Koboldblitzen. Blitze, die oberhalb von Wolken auftreten und nach oben gerichtet sind.

© Thomas Ashcraft

The firework details of a sprite emerge in this image, captured looking over Taos, New Mexico in 2012. A video that includes the radio emissions can be seen below.

© Thomas Ashcraft

Two sprites burst on the scene above Oklahoma.

© Thomas Ashcraft

The long tendrils from a sprite can be seen in this video, which captures an incident above Amarillo, Texas in 2012.

© Thomas Ashcraft

A donut ELVE is an extremely powerful ELVE that has a hole in its center.

© Thomas Ashcraft

A spectacular vista shows a tiny blip above a cloudbank. Ashcraft thinks the small flash is either a starter, a blue jet, or a gnome.

© Thomas Ashcraft

The forking nature of a sprite is evident in this image, taken above a storm east of Las Vegas in 2012.

© Thomas Ashcraft

A zoomed-in image showing a cluster of sprites.

© Thomas Ashcraft

An amazing flash of sprites

© Thomas Ashcraft

A great bright sprite from a storm above Clovis, New Mexico.

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