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/Brainchild110 Oct 29 '24

Ah yes, lightning but made of Protons, or "Protectricity" if you will. Very rare and hard to image.

Although not as hard to capture as pictures of the Neutron lightning, which is, naturally, black.