A NASA astronaut has photographed eerie glowing red ... captured the quick-flash of a weather phenomena known as 'red sprite' lightning. Red sprites are known to occur high above thunder clouds ...

A photograph taken by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick from the ... are the result of an extremely rare weather event called "red sprites," while the much larger blue orbs are lightning strikes ...

This one, like the handful of others astronauts have captured, probably rises up 50 miles and stretches a few miles wide. Although they are very common, sprites are rarely photographed.