A fleeting burst of red light high above a Kimberley storm, in Western Australia’s far north, has been caught on camera by a storm-chasing photographer.
The eruption of red, luminous sparks is known by meteorologists and weather enthusiasts as red sprites.
They are the result of a large electrical discharge and flash high above intense active thunderstorms, occurring in the stratosphere and mesosphere.
Photographer Danny Welgama said it was a “see-it-to-believe-it” moment.
Reporting by Ruby Littler.
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