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Here is a rarely captured form of a transient luminous event called a "blue starter" shooting up from the top of a thunderstorm cloud. The streamer zone above the starter is evident in the detail image. Blue starters are related to another form of transient luminous event called blue jets....

https://vimeo.com/125351537 Moreton Wave generated by a M3.3 Solar Flare on June 03 2012 1752-1801 UT This fast-mode magnetohydrodynamic wave was captured in the hydrogen-alpha wavelength of 656.28 nanometers using a 50 mm double-stacked solar telescope at my observatory near Lamy, New Mexico. I ha...

Massive sprites over western Oklahoma captured in near infrared. http://www.heliotown.com/Ashcraft_apod_sprites_June232014.jpg Here is a link to a vimeo movie with another camera view these particular sprites with their radio emissions. http://www.heliotown.com/Sprite_June_23_2014.html Thomas Ashcra...

http://vimeo.com/78000360 Solar Flare Visible in the Hydrogen-alpha Wavelength with Radio Telescope Emissions This video document is the capture of an optical solar flare along with its radio reception. I'm not sure, but this merging of the radio and optical into one instrument might be a first in ...

Have we ever caught an elf on camera? Image or video...? They sound amazing. :D Some other specimens here: http://www.heliotown.com/Transient_Luminous_Events_2012.html Clear skies, Thomas Ashcraft in New Mexico Wow! A cluster of sprites! The video is amazing, I would have missed the sprite cluster ...

Have we ever caught an elf on camera? Image or video...? They sound amazing. :D Hi. I captured an elve, actually a more powerful "donut elve", which was generated by a mega-lightning stroke. I was also fortunate enough to witness this event naked-eye which was like a super strong flash bu...

http://www.heliotown.com/ASHCRAFT_SPgwMay202012_044541_8in.jpg Stars, Sprites, Gravity Waves and Meteors Larger image here: http://www.heliotown.com/ASHCRAFT_SPgwMay202012_044541_9in.png My primary subject currently is capturing lightning spawned red sprites and other transient luminous events. Thi...

http://www.heliotown.com/Resources/ashcraft8637mar3a.jpeg ( Larger image here: http://www.heliotown.com/sprite_image_large.html Update: Since posting yesterday I now also have a movie of these sprites with radio emission in slow-motion : http://vimeo.com/39703535 Massive Red Sprites over Oklahoma (...