Sprite (Blue Jet) captured on video from 20km high thunderstorm - Darwin Australia

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Channel: William Nguyen-Phuoc · 2011 · Travel & Events

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Sprites often occur in very tall/large thunderstorms. I was lucky enough to capture a "Blue Jet" sprite chasing a "Kakadu" squall line which stretched for hundreds of kilometers along the top end of Australia.  This particular thunderstorm was around 20km high!

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