Sprites, named after the elusive fairylike ... in the thin and coldest layer of our atmosphere called the mesosphere (30 to 55 miles high). They always appear in tandem with lightning hitting ...

Red sprites are electrical phenomena happening in the mesosphere. The color is caused by electric charges interacting with nitrogen, and the interaction creates the plumes and tendrils that we can ...

The thermosphere (53-375 miles up) shares space with the ionosphere and usually has a climbing temperature. When objects pass ...