Unveiling the mysterious 'red sprite' lightning strikes over the Himalayas

Youtube Stormchaser Pecos Hank has excellent footage of red sprites, and may have been the first person on earth to film a green sprite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGPQ5kzJ9Tg

The article includes a video.

Lacking precise timestamps for detailed analysis, the research team developed an innovative method to synchronize video time using satellite trajectories and star field analysis. This innovative approach allowed them to determine the exact occurrence times of the sprites and link them to their parent lightning discharges.

The paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-024-4143-5

Wow - and a warning.

This article shows to me with the actual video that is a video - but a full mobile page before that, an ad that looks entirely like a video player, that opens a page looking like a full screen video player which _directly_ opens Apple Pay when you try to play it.

That is some extremely shitty and actively user-hostile design.

I have not seen this pattern before.

For those wondering: There is nothing in the article about why they're red.