r/BrandNewSentence • • 1d ago

it's like god jumpscaring you.

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u/sistemafodao 1d ago

The hell was that?

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u/JobintheCactus 1d ago

They are called red sprites.

Something something high atmospheric electric discharge. Ask a meteorologist

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u/BrokenEyeReborn 1d ago

I thought red Sprite looked like this

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u/Bengamey_974 21h ago

The technical term is "really weird lightnings"

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u/GremlinboyFH 2h ago

Meteorologist!

High amperage lightning ionizes the nitrogen in the air above a thunderstorm and causes the sky to light up as red sprites, blue jets, green ghosts, etc.

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u/hjonk-hjonk-am-goos 13h ago

Dear god the reapers are here. Someone call shepard