Posted on 09/18/2023 1:13:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The sprite and tree could hardly be more different. To start, the red sprite is an unusual form of lightning, while the tree is a common plant. The sprite is far away -- high in Earth's atmosphere, while the tree is nearby -- only about a football field away. The sprite is fast -- electrons streaming up and down at near light's speed, while the tree is slow -- wood anchored to the ground. The sprite is bright -- lighting up the sky, while the tree is dim -- shining mostly by reflected light. The sprite was fleeting -- lasting only a small fraction of a second, while the tree is durable -- living now for many years. Both however, when captured together, appear oddly similar in this featured composite image captured early this month in France as a thunderstorm passed over mountains of the Atlantic Pyrenees.
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An electric jellyfish.
Bizzare but awesome looking.
They don’t make cool cars like that anymore...
I, for one, welcome our Red Sprite Overlords! ;)
Good name for a rock band, with a tip of the hat to Dave Barry.
DB is one of my all-timers.
What an amazing picture! Kudos to the photographer for getting it!
It looks almost like a ghostly reflection of the tree itself.
I had a girlfriend that had one, and in red too.
It occasionally even ran.
Red is the only color that’s right for that car.
I prefer BRG, personally
I wanted a Kelly Green Karmann Ghia convertible when I was young...But I’d want a red Sprite.
Well, I hope you can get one :-)
I owned a 1968 Porsche 911, Irish Green.
I sold it for 5 times the original cost and the buyer was buying it as an investment.
I miss the car but was not driving it enough. Club activities,
‘driver Ed,” etc. I did run on Daytona and many times at Sebring, those were the days!
I liked the cars with the sort of ‘slicked-back’ rears...I guess there’s a name for that.
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