Mysterious Sprite Photographed By ISS Astronaut 86
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from the pretty-pictures dept.
from the pretty-pictures dept.
astroengine writes "A very rare and beautiful view of a red sprite has been photographed by Expedition 31 astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) hovering just above a bright flash of lightning in a thunderstorm over Myanmar. First documented in a photo in 1989, red sprites are very brief flashes of optical activity that are associated with powerful lightning discharges in storms — although the exact mechanisms that create them aren't yet known. But the orbiting outpost seems like the perfect vantage point to learn more about them!"
It's BIG BOO TAY (Score:2, Funny)
Not big news. (Score:5, Funny)
It's just a palette swap from a blue sprite. Try attacking it with ice or water attacks.
Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I am disappoint (Score:5, Funny)
When man bites dog, it's news (Score:5, Funny)
A very rare and beautiful view of a red sprite has been photographed by Expedition 31 astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) hovering just above a bright flash of lightning in a thunderstorm over Myanmar.
You see, this is the kind of poor journalism that gets me upset: The International Space Station somehow manages to come to a complete stop in its orbit and hover -- or somehow move out to the Clarke Belt, and stay geosynchronous -- and what does the reporter think is newsworthy? The pretty photograph it took while it was there.
Sprite? (Score:2, Funny)
Ah those were the days - when the graphics chips moved objects around the screen called sprites, and you could do fancy things with copper lists...
Going even further back, there was the Austin-Healy Sprite, a traditional British sportscar
And back more on topic - Why do Astronauts drink Sprite? Because they can't get 7-Up
Re:Lens flare? (Score:5, Funny)
Another decades-old mystery solved by a Slashdot poster!
Oh, wait. No.
Cloaking Device Fail (Score:5, Funny)
Luckily no one will believe the real truth thanks to a long running public disinformation campaign designed to discredit all claims of alien interaction. Roswell was the first major mishap (stupid joyriding teenagers). Area 51 doesn't actually contain anything, the ship itself was towed and the kids sent for reprogramming, but the distraction was necessary.
Anyway, carry on, your theories are amusing to us.