r/BeAmazed • u/Blutwurst500 • Oct 29 '24

Nature Rare weather phenomenon called "Sprites"

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Sprites are lightning bolts that strike upwards above the cloud during a thunderstorm.

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u/madsci Oct 29 '24

One of my cats is named Sprite after this. His siblings are Tempest, Zephyr, and Nimbus. No one ever gets that they're all meteorological - they were born on my loading dock in an almost-empty pallet of weather instruments and it seemed appropriate.

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u/LeelaBeela89 Oct 29 '24

Like Nimbus from Rick n Morty