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Czech Republic — the valley of the sprites

Added	Tue, 24/07/2018
Источники	gismeteo.ru
Дата публикации	Mon, 23/07/2018
Версии	The storm

In the United States Oklahoma is the recognized epicenter of the activity of sprites. This is the right place to watch beating up on lightning during a severe thunderstorm. Europe also has a similar place is the Czech Republic. More recently, observers are able to see hundreds of sprites, which were caused by held in Austria, Poland and Hungary in the storms.

Daniel Sterba-Elsa made the images of these sprites on June 11. According to him, they were beaten up by storms in Poland, about 100-150 km from the place of photography in Opava in the Czech Republic. When it comes to shooting sprites in the far distance is a positive factor that allows the camera to capture the space above the top of storm clouds. Most often, the sprites shoot from a distance of 250-300 km, therefore, we can say that this photo was taken almost "in focus".

According to Sterba-Elzy, he oversees the sprites in 2016 and this season can be considered extremely active.

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