Chasing the Night Lights: NASA's Transient Luminous Chaser in Action

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A short video that highlights photographers from all over the world that have become experts at capturing Transient Luminous Events on camera.

Complete transcript available.

Watch this video on the NASA Sun Science Facebook page.

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Q&A with Dr. Burcu Kosar

Dr. Burcu Kosar discusses how she started Spritacular and how the citizen science project will lay the groundwork for the first-ever catalog of Transient Luminous Events.

Watch this video on the NASA Sun Science Facebook page.

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Frankie Lucena (None)Panagiotis Tsouras (None)Paul Smith (None)Thomas Ashcraft (None)

Writer

Kathalina Tran (SGT)

Scientist

Burcu Kosar (Catholic University of America)

Producer

Joy Ng (KBRwyle)

Videographers

Joy Ng (KBRwyle)Thomas Smith (None)

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