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Sprite Lightning in High Definition
- mzs 3y agoclick "extraordinarily high-resolution" ;)
- dylan604 3y agoat least they weren't playing poker
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- PcChip 3y agoWhen clicking on the link to try to view the high resolution image, first I got dogs (which was humorous, I'll admit), but the second time I was taken to Facebook which of course just has highly compressed jpegs... why are they making it so difficult
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- drewtato 3y agoThe image itself links to the full resolution. But this is high-resolution compared to other photos of sprites, not high-resolution compared to photos in general.
- dylan604 3y agocare to explain how clicking a link a second time takes you somewhere else?
- Etheryte 3y agoIt does if you fat finger it and accidentally click the Facebook link that's one line above on the mobile layout.
- smurpy 3y agoAt first I thought "wow, they're so smooth" but then realized that the dynamics must be so incredibly fast that the fuzzy smoothness is really just motion blur. Amazing though....
- webnrrd2k 3y agoThe article said that they form as ionized balls that can move at ten percent of the speed of light. That's almost 30 million miles an hour! I don't know what to say, except that nature is f'ing amazing! And I'd love to know what those downward branching structures are...
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- tiberriver256 3y agoSame lol
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- HankB99 3y agoI find that just creepy looking. I could imagine that visitors from somewhere else could look like that.
- DoreenMichele 3y agoBuried the lede: Astronomy Picture of the Day Explanation: Sometimes lightning occurs out near space. Red sprite lightning, for people dreaming of living on the red planet, I guess.
- x3n0ph3n3 3y agoWhat are you talking about? This photo was taken on Earth, not Mars.