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Stephen Hummel
McDonald Observatory, Ft. Davis, TX
07/02/2020

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McDonald Observatory (@mcdonaldobs on Twitter) wrote: "An immense Jellyfish Sprite briefly appeared above a distant thunderstorm on July 2nd, 2020. Sprites are large electrical discharges associated with lightning strikes, and occur high above storms in the mesophere and lower ionosphere. Image credit: S Hummel."