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AltYellostoneNatPar

@altyellonatpark.org

Red Sprites are an amazing & rare form of lighting that instead of going down, go up through the mesosphere. They manifest as a cold plasma dancing the ionosphere. They happen so fast it takes a good camera & shutter lightening triggers or continuous rapid long exposure settings to catch one.

S. K. Riley @skriley.bsky.social · 4h

Red Sprites above The Kimberley, Western Australia.

Photographer Danny Welgama says red sprites happen in the blink of an eye.

#RedSprites #LuminousPlasma #ElectricalStorms #Photography #Australia

A fleeting burst of red light high above a Kimberley storm in Western Australia's far north has been caught on camera by photographer Danny Welgama, from 150-200 kilometres away.

These red sprites, blue jets and gigantic jets are shooting upwards, 40-90 kilometres above large thunderstorm clouds.
A Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson said while lightning strikes and red sprites were both large-scale electrical discharges, they were quite different.
Red sprites, a form of luminous plasma, occur in higher levels of the atmosphere, the stratosphere and/or mesosphere, compared to typical lightning, which is in the lowest layer, the troposphere.
Source: ABC Kimberley

January 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM

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@altyellonatpark.org

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@alberto-resists.bsky.social

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@thegodpodcast.com

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January 10, 2026 at 11:56 PM

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@natepentz.bsky.social

What a protest, in 6° weather thousands and thousands out here standing for our Immagrant neighbors!!

January 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM

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@tempuracatgames.bsky.social

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January 11, 2026 at 1:10 AM

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I'm Uni :3

@unicouniuni3.bsky.social

Look! Uni is in this game!
Thanks for adding Uni to your game! :3

Tempura Cat @tempuracatgames.bsky.social · 2d

I added the chicken boy @unicouniuni3.bsky.social to my indie game Dante's 9 :3

January 11, 2026 at 1:44 AM

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AltYellostoneNatPar

@altyellonatpark.org

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@beldromercier.bsky.social

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@crtcryptid.bsky.social

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June 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM

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Emberwick (Play Tales from Myriad!)

@emberwickart.bsky.social

how do we feel about modern propaganda posters?

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@nyazsche.bsky.social

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January 11, 2026 at 12:33 AM

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@spookynest.bsky.social

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#transrightsarehumanrights #dragons #nonbinary #lgbtq+art

Two dragons facing eachother making a heart together, one with the trans flag on one and the non binary flag on the other. Text; “YOU ARE LOVED” between them

February 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM

Ash ⚧️

@smokeyfox55.bsky.social

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January 9, 2026 at 6:26 AM

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January 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM

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Brian Coulter

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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.