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Noun Concept

Categories: Lightning, Terrestrial plasmas, Electrical phenomena

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Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves) WordNet 3.0

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Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Sprites or red sprites are large-scale electric discharges that occur in the mesosphere, high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. Wikipedia

Large-scale electrical discharge that occurs high above thunderstorm clouds Wikidata

An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm. Wiktionary

IS A

atmospheric electricity

electrometeor

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

sprites, red sprites

Wikipedia

sprite (lightning)

Wikidata

sprite

Wiktionary

sprite

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Lightning sprites, red sprite, red sprites, Red Sprites and Blue Jets, Sprite (optical phenomenon), Sprite halo, sprite lightning, sprites (lightning)

Wikidata Alias

Red sprite