NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a stunning photograph of one of nature's most elusive phenomena from the International Space Station on July 3, 2025, initially believing she had documented a sprite, a rare form of atmospheric lightning, only to discover she had captured something even more extraordinary: a gigantic jet.

"Nichole Ayers caught a rare and spectacular form of a TLE from the International Space Station — a gigantic jet," confirmed Dr. Burcu Kosar, Principal Investigator of NASA's Spritacular project. The discovery represents one of the clearest views of this atmospheric phenomenon ever documented from space.

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[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Serious question.

If we could harness these lightning strikes and convert them into usable electricity. Would it change our planet? Would it drain the planet of some force of energy keeping us alive?

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Not really but I found this bright star near us and all we have to do is lay out some panels to capture its energy.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I don't think we could ever take so much energy that we'd suck the planet dry of it. I think a lot of the energy comes from solar energy through to our atmosphere or sumthing and there's a lot of solar energy probably.

Im really dumb tho so probably dont read this post unless its too late because this disclaimer is the second paragraph.

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