Chasing sprites in electric skies

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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.

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