print email comment close Red Sprites and Blue Jets URL: http://elf.gi.alaska.edu/ Description: This site is primarily a description of the University of Alaska research "into middle and upper atmospheric optical and electrical phenomena." It provides a description and images of red sprites and blue jets ("upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms that have only recently been documented using low light level television technology"), a bibliography, and links to related information. From a professor of physics at the University of Alaska Southeast. Author: Heavner, Matt Library of Congress Subject Headings: Atmospheric physics Meteorological optics LII Database Information: Record 15135 created by Maria Brandt on 07/26/2004 Last modification on 07/27/2004 Published: 07/26/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/15135