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Strange Lightning Looks Like Jellyfish
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6-21-2009 7:48 AM
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6-21-2009
7:52 AM
tabsey
Excellent video at
http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=080607sprites
6-21-2009
5:12 PM
tanyamm
Thanks for a great clip.
6-22-2009
12:51 AM
celestialdancer
Fantastic thanks
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<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. 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