(meteorobs) Bonus capture - SPRITE

[CheekyGeek]

Since sprites are so rare, we have been assuming that all three
cameras caught the same sprite. That may not be the case. In fact, a
number of sprites were captured on Sunday night/Monday morning by
research flights from Colby Wells:
http://musubk.blogspot.com/2013/08/sprites-2013-update-6.html

Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:03 PM, James Beauchamp
<falcon99 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Darren,
>
> I think there is some relevance because of the increasing use of allsky cameras by the community.  Along with more concurrent meteor observations, we will catch other phenomena like Sprites.  The cross-pollination for researchers is, IMHO, very powerful and should be encouraged whenever possible.
>
> Developing relationships with other fields of study and researchers should be encouraged.
>
> I also like the recent discussions on meteor scatter options.   Losing Kickapoo will have a significant hit for radio observers.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 14, 2013, at 10:38 AM, CheekyGeek <cheekygeek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is FASCINATING stuff (and strictly speaking OT to meteorobs, but
>> highly significant work - given how little we understand about the
>> relatively rare phenomenon of sprites).
>>
>> Earlier this year, a photographer who lives in Blair, Nebraska
>> captured a sprite that came from the top of a storm that was in
>> north-central Iowa at the time. He had been out photographing the
>> Aurora Borealis and got an incredible still of a sprite with aurora.
>> His page on that also shows that he was not the first to capture a
>> sprite with aurora.
>> See: http://www.extremeinstability.com/2013-5-31.htm
>>
>> This made me wonder if sprite activity is not linked to the earth's
>> geomagnetic field (or some component of it). Getting an accurate time
>> stamp is important. I think we could then look at the geomagnetic data
>> for the same time period to see if there is any commonalities that can
>> be discerned.
>>
>> Darren Addy
>> Kearney, Nebraska
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Thomas Ashcraft
>> <ashcraft at heliotown.com> wrote:
>>> On 8/14/13 9:53 25000, bob alongi wrote:
>>>> Thomas - Nice grab to complement the other two independent catches.
>>>> Can you elaborate on why you are monitoring 2.5 MHz ?
>>>>
>>>> bob
>>>
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> 2.5 MHz captures another part of the lightning spectrum very well. In
>>> that specimen in stereo you can hear the sprite generating lightning
>>> stroke "pop" at VLF-ELF and on the other sound channel of 2.5 MHz the
>>> sprite energy follows through and trails off.
>>>
>>> Also, 2.5 MHz is the WWV time signal station which puts an audio time
>>> stamp into my system. With the time beats in audio I can sync up my
>>> other frequency audio recordings be it meteor forward scatter, high
>>> frequency, VHF, VLF-ELF or whatever. Works well for precise data.
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>>
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