Chilean Sprite?

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

I took this on a previous Chilean trip and just noticed it today so thought I'd post. It's from near the end of a timelapse and close to the border with Bolivia. Earlier in the sequence thundery cloud and lightning is visible, which leads me to think the object is a high altitude Sprite. The yellowy/brown sky is natural airglow.

[CometGuy]

Hi Colin,

Well done, this is certainly a thunderstorm sprite! Was this with a standard or modified camera?

Terry

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Thanks Terry. Unmodded 5DmkII. I think the settings were f/2.8, 20s, iso 3200, 24mm.

[Phil Hart]

sweet! nice catch.

Phil

[gregbradley]

Great catch.

Greg.

[JB80 (Jarrod)]

That's extremely cool.

I don't think there would be many people around who could say they have caught a sprite on camera.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Awesome effort ! Rare as !

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Awesome catch Colin.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Amazing, it definitely looks like a sprite! There are not many photos of these, what a catch. Congratulations!

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Wow, what a rare catch. Now you need to photograph the Green Flash and you have the set :-)

[alexch (Alex)]

Unique capture! There was an APOD with a sprite from ISS recently but I reckon it is much more difficult to catch from Earth.

Well done spotting it a year later too!

Cheers,
Alex

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hey Cole...psst clone this into the Geyser shot

Mike

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hey Cole...psst clone this into the Geyser shot

Mike

To the right or left of the Perseid?

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by colinmlegg

To the right or left of the Perseid?

Amen

[iceman (Mike)]

ROFL! Nice catch indeed Colin.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Great work capturing the sprite Colin!

Cheers,
Stephen