An Astronaut Captured a Rare Red Sprite. We Know Very Little About Them Yet.

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During the early hours of Monday, July 21, 2025, the volcanic monitoring camera of the Volcán de Fuego de Colima managed to capture four ‘red sprites’, surprising social media users. On TV Azteca Puebla we tell you the details. What are ‘red sprites’? They are known as ‘red sprites’ or ‘red spectra’ to large-scale electric shocks in the mesosphere, approximately at altitudes of between 50 and 90 kilometers. They manifest as red or orange flashes…

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Transient luminous events (TLEs) are short-lived electrical discharges that occur in the upper atmosphere above storm clouds. They were first documented photographically in 1989, although they had been reported before, mainly by pilots. They are considered plasma phenomena in a sparsely populated part of the atmosphere, different from regular lightning in the troposphere, which is hot - TLEs are relatively cool, resembling a discharge in a fluor…