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14-06-2007, 02:41 PM
Video Reveals 'Sprite' Lightning Secrets
Sprites dance high above thunderstorms, ...
New ultra-high-speed video shows (http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=080607sprites)sprites form as fast-paced balls of electricity, not streaks or tendrils as previous footage suggested.
Hans Nielsen,... explained, is a rapid discharge of electricity—a sprite—that can extend as much as 20 miles upward.
"We now see them as compact balls of light, shooting downwards, then upwards, at one tenth the speed of light,”...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070613/sc_livescience/videorevealsspritelightningsecrets
The sprites, as they are known, rise as high as 50 miles into the atmosphere and last only milliseconds, so they are very difficult to study.
Sounds like Eternity, in an Instance!
Sprites dance high above thunderstorms, ...
New ultra-high-speed video shows (http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=080607sprites)sprites form as fast-paced balls of electricity, not streaks or tendrils as previous footage suggested.
Hans Nielsen,... explained, is a rapid discharge of electricity—a sprite—that can extend as much as 20 miles upward.
"We now see them as compact balls of light, shooting downwards, then upwards, at one tenth the speed of light,”...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070613/sc_livescience/videorevealsspritelightningsecrets
The sprites, as they are known, rise as high as 50 miles into the atmosphere and last only milliseconds, so they are very difficult to study.
Sounds like Eternity, in an Instance!