Sprites this morning

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ykchia
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Sprites this morning

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Hi folks:

Happy Holiday.

Sky was pretty clear early on. Woke up and the first thing i did was to browse the hit list. Apart from a handful of meteors and plenty of lightning flashes a few sprites were detected over the sky in bintan/batam areas...

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05:31 am

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05:55 am

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05:25 am



rgds
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Post by weixing »

Hi,
So who do you call?? :mrgreen:

Anyway, how long is the duration this time?? Possible cause by electrical discharge due to the lightning??

Have a nice day.
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Post by ykchia »

Hi:

"Spritebuster" if there is one here.. . hahaha.

Single frame events. The 'carot' seems to retain luminosity for at least 2 frame. Theoretically it is possible to place another camera with narrow view in the general area to capture a much closer look. This translate to watching the screen and forgo sleep over holiday or weekends.

yes, lightning discharges.


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Post by kirbyong »

hello. what is a sprite?
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Post by andeelym »

Ya, was thinking of asking that too...
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Post by Clifford60 »

This might help

Sprite (Lightning)
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Post by Tachyon »

It's just above the HDB block.
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Post by kirbyong »

thanks! (:
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