Red Sprites 😱 | Lightning Reaching Space

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]Some lightning doesn't strike downward.

[00:00:02]High above powerful thunderstorms, massive flashes of red light sometimes appear in the upper atmosphere. These are called red sprites. Unlike normal lightning, they shoot upward toward the edge of space. Sprites can stretch for dozens of miles, forming glowing red tendrils above storm clouds. For years, pilots reported seeing strange flashes in the sky, but many people didn't believe them.

[00:00:31]Today, high-speed cameras have confirmed these giant atmospheric discharges are real. They occur high in the mesosphere, far above ordinary storms, because sometimes thunderstorms don't just touch the [music] ground. They reach toward space. Follow for more real-world mysteries you won't believe are real.