Red sprite lightning

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I was doing a blog post on my site today (I'll shameless plug that below). Apparently pilots have witnessed red sprite lightning for a century. It wasn't until 1989 that the phenomenon was documented (I guess by high speed photography).

Anyone ever see this? I'm always way behind the pilot in a tiny seat when I'm that high in the sky.

my fledgling site, drstyle.me

edit: this site seems to be pretty informative about sprites: http://elf.gi.alaska.edu/#chrjet
 
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