Chasing Sprites in Electric Skies
aul Smith is a night-sky fanatic and photographer. His obsession is sprites: immense jolts of light that flicker high above thunderstorms. Last October, he guided NASA scientist Dr. Burcu Kosar through the backroads of Oklahoma to catch one herself. Although she’d studied sprites for more than 15 years, she hadn’t yet chased one. Read more about chasing sprites with Paul and Burcu: https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2022/10/27/the-great-sprites-chase Learn about NASA’s citizen science project Spritacular: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/sun/spritacular-nasa-s-new-citizen-science-project-to-capture-elusive-upper-atmospheric Learn about the Heliophysics Big Year: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/helio-big-year Image credits: Paul Smith, Frankie Lucena, Panagiotis Tsouras, Thomas Ashcraft. All imagery of sprites is copyrighted and used with permission. Music credits: “The Beauty Beyond” by Jeremy Noel William Abbott [PRS], Vasco [PRS]; “Outer Orbit” by Alexander Ryder Mcnair [ASCAP], Harry Gregson Williams [BMI], Ho Ling Tang [BMI]; “Wonderful Orbit” by Tom Furse Fairfax Cowan [PRS]; “Starlights” by Marc Teitler [PRS], Vasco [PRS]; “A Tranquil End” by Luke Gordon [PRS]; “Virtual Tidings” by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS]; “Winter Aurora” by Samuel Karl Bohn [PRS]; “Lava Flow” and “Water Dance” by Ben Niblett [PRS], Jon Cotton [PRS]. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Producer: Joy Ng (KBRwyle) Scientist: Burcu Kosar (Catholic University of America) Photographer: Paul Smith Photographer: Frankie Lucena Photographer: Panagiotis Tsouras Photographer: Thomas Ashcraft Videographer: Joy Ng, Thomas Smith Writer: Lina Tran This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14206. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products.
-
1:05:57
Josh Pate's College Football Show
20 hours agoEp 548: Week 1 Reaction Show | Miami Smokes Florida | UGA Over Clemson | Top 25 Shakeup Coming
2.23K -
20:07
NC Dirt Hunter
2 hours agoCivil War: Three bucket list relics found in One Day! #metaldetecting #history #civilwar #treasure
1.2K1 -
33:22
TheTapeLibrary
6 hours agoThe Scariest Ghost Towns In The World | True Paranormal History
1.7K -
9:09
Tactical Advisor
1 day agoRadian P365 Ramjet Afterburner First Look!
2.49K3 -
13:52
Adam Does Movies
13 hours agoThe Deliverance Movie Review - It Didn't Deliver!
2.28K3 -
18:03
Degenerate Jay
21 hours agoBatman Arkham Asylum 15 Years Later - A Superhero Masterpiece
1.86K8 -
8:54
Sideserf Cake Studio
2 hours agoI Turned This Skin Care Product Into A CAKE
1.95K1 -
10:24
LimitlessAmbition
19 hours agoDiscover 7 Types of People Stoicism Praises [2024]
1.08K2 -
7:40
scoutthedoggie
20 hours agoAirsoft Battle For The Bridge
774 -
22:40
The Lou Holtz Show
17 hours agoThe Lou Holtz Show Season 1 Episode 14 | Coach Joe Kennedy's Supreme Court Victory #podcast
506