Electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.[1]
This is a general name for a fairy, although it is not usually used for fairies that are connected to the earth (like gnomes or dwarves) That's why in Pixie Tricks, I use the word sprite to describe fairies with wings Sprites can either be good or bad
In fairy stories and legends, a sprite is a small, magic creature which lives near water. a type of sweet, clear, not alcoholic drink with bubbles that has a lemon and lime taste. a fairy (esprit, from spiritus; SPIRIT)
A static sprite is a - possibly large - still image, describing panoramic background
Red sprites are recently discovered and still poorly understood optical flashes seen dancing at altitudes of 30 to 90 kilometers above thunderstorms Cousins to lightning bolts, red sprites occur near the edge of the atmosphere and have been glimpsed by astronauts from orbit What ever their cause, the red sprite flashes usually last only tenths to hundredths of a second and characteristically take on shapes which researchers describe as columns, fingers, trees, or carrots This dramatic, garishly colored image was captured with a low-light level camera on 2001 June 7 It shows what appears to be a "burning tree" above the National Cheng Kung University campus in Tainan City, Taiwan but the burning tree is actually a fleeting red sprite 300 kilometers away