Donato Lioce
Valensole, France
07/27/2022
02:00 am

Equipment Details:

Xt3 and 35 mm lens

Post-processing Details:

Single photo. Just some noise reduction

Image Details:

I captured a red sprite above the Pleiades

During an incredible thunderstorm I captured a red sprite just above the Pleiades star cluster, as you can see in the first picture. I was super lucky also becouse I had a longer lens pointing at the same direction and I captured the same red sprite also with the longer lens, as you can see in the third picture. With a longer lens many more details of the sprite and the secondary discharges around it are visible.

The cherry on the cake: the sprite shape reminded me of the shape of a heart (OK it actually can remind the shape of a ghost...but I like seeing more a heart shape).

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January 20, 2019
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