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Photographer Dan Zafra captured a rare and possibly first-ever photograph of red lightning sprites occurring in front of the Milky Way's galactic core in New Zealand, with the aurora australis visible in the scene, highlighting a remarkable alignment of atmospheric and cosmic phenomena.
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured a photo of glowing blue orbs, known as red sprites, from the International Space Station. These orbs, caused by thunderstorms off the coast of South Africa, are a rare atmospheric phenomenon that appear above storms due to lightning. The photo, taken on June 3, offers a rare glimpse of these high-altitude lightning events, which are difficult to capture from Earth. NASA encourages citizen scientists to contribute their own photos of sprites to the Spritacular database for research purposes.