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Photographer and night-sky enthusiast Paul Smith. Sprites, enormous flashes of light that flash high above thunderstorms, are his obsession. He led NASA scientist Dr. Burcu Kosar around the backroads of Oklahoma last October so she could catch one for herself. She had spent more than 15 years researching sprites, but she had never actually pursued one. Visit this link to learn more about Paul and Burcu's pursuit of sprites: https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2022/10/27/the-great-sprites-chase Find out about the NASA citizen science initiative. NASA's latest citizen science initiative aims to catch elusive higher atmospheric particles, see https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/sun/spritacular Visit https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/helio-big-year to learn more about the Heliophysics Big Year. Image sources include Thomas Ashcraft, Panagiotis Tsouras, Frankie Lucena, and Paul Smith. Sprite imagery is copyrighted and can only be used with permission. Credits for the music: Jeremy Noel's .