<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5c7cf851-6364-4af5-8939-12a379ade3fc/BF6AA3DD-0A7D-48DE-922C-55AFDF1D411A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=strangenews&c=news&l=&pic=090611-jellyfish-sprite-02.jpg&cap=Oscar+van+der+Velde+captured+this+image+of+a+carrot+sprite+as+it+flashed+above+a+thunderstorm+near+the+south+coast+of+France+in+June.+Credit%3A+Oscar+van+der+Velde%2C+www.lightningwizard.com&title=" href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=strangenews&c=news&l=&pic=090611-jellyfish-sprite-02.jpg&cap=Oscar+van+der+Velde+captured+this+image+of+a+carrot+sprite+as+it+flashed+above+a+thunderstorm+near+the+south+coast+of+France+in+June.+Credit%3A+Oscar+van+der+Velde%2C+www.lightningwizard.com&title=" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livescience.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=strangenews&c=news&l=&pic=090611-jellyfish-sprite-02.jpg&cap=Oscar+van+der+Velde+captured+this+image+of+a+carrot+sprite+as+it+flashed+above+a+thunderstorm+near+the+south+coast+of+France+in+June.+Credit%3A+Oscar+van+der+Velde%2C+www.lightningwizard.com&title="><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.livescience.com/img/49734B7B-D174-46C3-BF16-68F4AC74EED2" alt="Oscar van der Velde captured this image of a carrot sprite as it flashed above a thunderstorm near the south coast of France in June. Credit: Oscar van der Velde, www.lightningwizard.com" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090611-sprite-photo.html" href="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090611-sprite-photo.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livescience.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090611-sprite-photo.html"><P> An eerie red figure flashed across the sky above a thunderstorm near the south coast of France, and then it was gone in the blink of an eye. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090611-sprite-photo.html"><P> Atmospheric scientist Oscar van der Velde, standing on his balcony in Sant Vicenç de Castellet, in Barcelona, Spain, <A href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=strangenews&c=news&l=&pic=090611-jellyfish-sprite-02.jpg&cap=Oscar+van+der+Velde+captured+this+image+of+a+carrot+sprite+as+it+flashed+above+a+thunderstorm+near+the+south+coast+of+France+in+June.+Credit:+Oscar+van+der+Velde%2C+www.lightningwizard.com&title=">captured the sprite</A>, as it is called, in spectacular detail on the night of June 5. He was more than 150 miles (250 km) away from the storm. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090611-sprite-photo.html"><P> Lasting just three milliseconds to 10 milliseconds, sprites are <A href="http://www.livescience.com/environment/070612_sprite_secrets.html">flashes of light</A> that occur high above the tops of powerful thunderstorms and can travel up to 50 miles (80 km) high in the atmosphere, emitting deep red to near-infrared light. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090611-sprite-photo.html"><P> In fact, scientists are still trying to figure out just what causes sprites, with some attributing the electrical bursts to lightning and others to meteoric dust, gravity waves or <A href="http://www.livescience.com/environment/050608_sprites.html">something else completely</A>. The flashes also have been linked with <A href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090223-ufos-sprites-explained.html">UFO sightings</A>. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BF6AA3DD-0A7D-48DE-922C-55AFDF1D411A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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