SPOKANE, Wash.-- Nighttime thunderstorms rumbled across the Inland Northwest early this week to the delight of many. Spectacular lightning displays came in all sorts of shapes, and all sorts of colors ...
These are bright, colorful flashes of light faster than lightning and are sometimes referred to as "sprites." Pettit was able to view the sprites from directly above, looking down at what is known as ...
A string of strong thunderstorms rumbled through the High Desert before sunset Thursday evening, presenting a dramatic panorama many of you have shared with us. Friday night, storms moved through ...
Red spites, a type of transient luminous event or TLE, appear in the upper atmosphere above a thunderstorm in Oklahoma in April 2025. Photograph by Paul Smith Our atmosphere is like one big electrical ...