Chasing Sprites in Electric Skies

Paul 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