By Greg Feingold | 2022-07-28
On 07/27/2022 02:00 am by Donato Lioce| Valensole, France
I captured a red sprite above the Pleiades
During an incredible thunderstorm I captured a red sprite just above the Pleiades star cluster, as you can see in the first picture. I was super lucky also becouse I had a longer lens pointing at the same direction and I captured the same red sprite also with the longer lens, as you can see in the third picture. With a longer lens many more details of the sprite and the secondary discharges around it are visible.
The cherry on the cake: the sprite shape reminded me of the shape of a heart (OK it actually can remind the shape of a ghost...but I like seeing more a heart shape).
Xt3 and 35 mm lens
Single photo. Just some noise reduction