The Red Sprite and the Tree

The sprite and tree would possibly infrequently be more so much of. To birth, the red sprite is an uncommon ticket of lightning, while the tree is a fresh plant. The sprite is distant — excessive in Earth’s ambiance, while the tree is interior sight — only a couple of soccer field away. The sprite is snappily — electrons streaming up and down at reach light’s velocity, while the tree is slack — wood anchored to the ground. The sprite is shiny — lighting fixtures up the sky, while the tree is murky — intellectual mostly by reflected light. The sprite changed into as soon as fleeting — lasting only a miniature portion of a second, while the tree is sturdy — residing now for a few years. Both on the other hand, when captured together, appear oddly identical on this featured composite image captured early this month in France as a thunderstorm skipped over mountains of the Atlantic Pyrenees. Your Sky Shock: What image did APOD feature for your birthday? (publish 1995)