Photo of a red sprite!
I personally tried to catch sprites using my digital camera (Canon EOS 5D) last Monday night at Mont Aigoual. Using a 50 mm lens at f/1.8, ISO 1600 and exposures of 4 seconds, I got my first sprite colour photo! I knew immediately that something happened, because I saw the sprite with my own eyes, while the UFOCapture software made a detection sound. It still was a question whether the camera would be sensitive enough to record the very brief flashes.
The video images show a series of columns followed by a group of large carrots:
I actually saw these as narrow white columns with my eyes. I was able to record a few more sprites (by taking many shots), but did not see any with my eyes. One jellyfish sprite was just missed by my camera and my eyes although I did see the bright cloud flash.
The larger photo can be seen at my website www.lightningwizard.com
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posted by Oscar van der Velde at 19:31
2 Comments:
Fantastic Image, very pretty. I think that its the first true color image of sprites since 1996 (Sentman's images from UAF airplane).
Yoav Yair, ILAN team
Great photo!!! You have got the wonderful image! Lightning Wizard have shoot the sprite and now many people will follow your experience.
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