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fireworks are lit up in the night sky over water and land, as seen from an airplane

Nothing gives our brains the same kind of fireworks as watching creepy things. And if you’re not one of the horror aficionados it may be hard to understand the point of the thrill that horror gives.

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fireworks are lit up in the night sky over water and mountains with stars above them
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fireworks are lit up in the night sky above an open field with grass and trees

Photographer Paul Smith said he thinks this may be the 1st documented capture of a red sprite over Oklahoma. They're large-scale electrical discharges - high above thunderstorm clouds - flickering in the night.

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three fireworks are lit up in the night sky with red and orange lights on them

(Red) sprites are large-scale electrical discharges, appearing as luminous reddish-orange flashes & often occurring in clusters, high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are usually triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud & the ground. Jellyfish sprites are very large, up to 31x31 mi. Sprites are sometimes inaccurately called upper-atmospheric lightning.

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