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Examples of sprites and sprite halos imaged by the University of Alaska from the Wyoming Infrared Observatory, Jelm Mountain, WY in 1999. The last example sh... 
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![Lightning Drives Energy Out of Earth's Atmosphere [VIDEO] | Science News | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/zvXqAaF_iqLI-l9cleo6eDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Researchers have shown that as lightning flashes, waves of energy are released in a phenomenon called Schumann resonance. This animation show waves bouncing between ground and ionosphere, with some escaping the Earth's shielding.
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Mysterious "sprites" and "elves" dance high in the Earth's atmosphere — but these aren't mythical creatures, they're disks, globes and tendrils of light caused by lightning.
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NASA's Vector Electric Field Instrument aboard the US Air Force's Communications/Navigation Outage Forecast System satellite has detected Schumann resonance from space.
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