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Blue jets studied from ISS
Phys Org ^
| Feb 9, 2017
Posted on 02/13/2017 12:46:43 PM PST by Ray76
For years, their existence has been debated: elusive electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere that sport names such as red sprites, blue jets, pixies and elves. Reported by pilots, they are difficult to study as they occur above thunderstorms.
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen during his mission on the International Space Station in 2015 was asked to take pictures over thunderstorms with the most sensitive camera on the orbiting outpost to look for these brief features.
Denmark's National Space Institute has now published the results, confirming many kilometre-wide blue flashes around 18 km altitude, including a pulsating blue jet reaching 40 km. A video recorded by Andreas as he flew over the Bay of Bengal at 28 800 km/h on the Station shows the electrical phenomena clearly – a first of its kind.
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02/13/2017 12:46:43 PM PST
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Ray76
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02/13/2017 12:56:24 PM PST
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2banana
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02/13/2017 12:56:25 PM PST
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seastay
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There’s some weird stuff up there.
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02/13/2017 12:57:26 PM PST
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Oratam
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen during his mission on the International Space Station in 2015 was asked to take pictures over thunderstorms with the most sensitive camera on the orbiting outpost to look for these brief features. Denmark’s National Space Institute has now published the results, confirming many kilometre-wide blue flashes around 18 km altitude, including a pulsating blue jet reaching 40 km. This image is a still from a video recorded by Andreas as he flew over the Bay of Bengal at 28 800 km/h on the Station shows the electrical phenomena clearly – a first of its kind. Credit: ESA/NASA
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02/13/2017 1:03:17 PM PST
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ETL
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02/13/2017 1:05:08 PM PST
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ETL
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02/13/2017 1:07:26 PM PST
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Ray76
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Elves, Sprites & Blue Jets: Earth's Weirdest Lightning
By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor | January 21, 2014
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02/13/2017 1:07:31 PM PST
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ETL
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02/13/2017 1:07:56 PM PST
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ETL
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02/13/2017 1:09:51 PM PST
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ETL
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Yes, the one in post 6 resembles one of those jets you see in images shooting out from the center of a huge galaxy. Only this one is a “bit” smaller (about a billion times or so smaller). :)
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02/13/2017 1:20:04 PM PST
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02/13/2017 2:14:41 PM PST
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H Szenes
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We saw a TV show about this phenomenon. The pictures taken from the ISS are spectacular!
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02/13/2017 5:31:56 PM PST
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SuziQ
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