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    Default Do you know what that is?

    So, lets see who the intelligent ones are ... Looking at the picture taken from space, below... Who knows what 1) The bright light is, and 2) The red "whisp" above it?



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    Lightning and... can't recall what the funky red flashes are called... 'sprites', I think.

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    If it's above America, then my guess would be ET.

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    Yup, lightning and a sprite. Nice photo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by HapticSimian View Post
    Lightning and... can't recall what the funky red flashes are called... 'sprites', I think.
    Quote Originally Posted by Sinbad View Post
    Yup, lightning and a sprite. Nice photo!
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, oh....

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    World Cup Final?
    There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.

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    Nah it was me walking around with no shirt on.

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    The caption that goes with the photo:

    Thursday, July 12, 2012: Mysterious red sprites appear when electrical discharges take place about 50 miles (80 kilometers) up in the atmosphere during thunderstorms. The short-lived flashes only last a few milliseconds and can extend vertically 20 to 30 kilometers. Since the crimson apparitions manifest above thunderstorms, observers on the ground usually cannot see them. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station, on the other hand, have no such obstructions blocking their view. The red sprite seen here (above the bright lightning spot at right) was captured as the ISS was travelling over Myanmar (Burma) into Malaysia on April 30, 2012.
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    Bermuda Triangle?

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    All wrong. Its a weather baloon.

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