New TLE Chart: Red Sprite - Gigantic Jet + More
Taken by Frankie Lucena on March 1, 2020 @
Cabo Rojo,Puerto Rico
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure Time: 15/1
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2020:02:29 16:37:42
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Details:
These types of phenomena are referred to as Transient Luminous Events.
Many folks are unaware of what goes on above a thunderstorm, including many Meteorologists. This chart provides just a glimpse of what can be seen and photographed above very strong thunderstorms. I created this chart using actual images that I enhanced and slightly modified to better show what they actually look like. This is the first chart to show the newly discovered Ghost and a Negative Sprite event. The Ghost is a green colored shadow that appears above some Sprite events. The green color is caused by the electrons exciting Oxygen molecules high up in the Mesosphere at ~80 Km. A Negative Sprite is triggered by a -CG lightning discharge as opposed to a regular Sprite which is triggered by a +CG lightning discharge.
CREDITS:
HALO = Frankie Lucena
SPRITE = Jason Ahrns
GHOST = Paul Smith and Hank Schyma
TROLL = Nova Documentary
SECONDARY GIGANTIC JET = Paul Smith
ELVE = Frankie Lucena
BLUE STARTER = Paul Smith
BLUE JET = Jon Heppell's Blog
GIGANTIC JET = Gemini Observatory/AURA
NEGATIVE SPRITE = Frankie Lucena
PIXIES = Paul Smith
Photographer's website:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/frankie57pr
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