Atmospheric homes of elves and sprites revealed

Added: Aug 21, 2008

From: newscientistvideo

Duration: 1:19

Read more: http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14581?DCMP=youtube Researchers analysed flashes of light in the upper atmosphere, called elves, sprites, halos and jets, to see how often and where they appeared.

Channel: Tech

Tags: atmosphere  elf  flash  halo  image  jet  light  satellite  sprite 

Rating: 4.84 (153 ratings)    Views: 27942' favoriteCount='61    Comments: 25

JWJSSIF Says:

Aug 22, 2008 - cool but i hate her voice. someone fire her. give her job as a mimic :D

vortical911 Says:

Aug 23, 2008 - wow! i had never heard of this phenomenon... innnnnnnnnteresting........

dumsaint Says:

Aug 23, 2008 - hmm, interesting to note that at 56 secs an elf looks quite a bit like an ufo, and as perhaps most ufos wouldn't want to be detected, appearing over oceans is a good idea... hmm... oh, by the way, not a believer in any sense of the word, but a free-man who questions EVERYTHING

melleen888 Says:

Aug 23, 2008 - This is something that is interesting though needs further study to attest how true is this..mmmmm

knschauer Says:

Aug 23, 2008 - A man summoned a UFO on the news. see my favorites. there real and there here!

MadsterV Says:

Aug 23, 2008 - I'd be more concerned about what they are than how often they appear.

mushufreak Says:

Aug 23, 2008 - VERY INNNNNNNNNTERESTING!

SporeFinatic Says:

Aug 24, 2008 - Thats kinda cool, somewhere in space...THey opened up a worm hole through space and are sending morse code messages to CONTACT OTHER LIFE. heheh...NO BODY BELIEVES ME. and the worm hole is too small and could harm any living being. LIGHT CANT BE HURT.

ZebraJones01 Says:

Aug 24, 2008 - This is bullshit, this had nothing to do with REAL elves!

alphakristjan Says:

Aug 24, 2008 - There are no REAL elves...

ZebraJones01 Says:

Aug 24, 2008 - Wow really? I'm very aware of that dude, hahaha, quit being a smart ass. I'm just disappointed is all

ZebraJones01 Says:

Aug 24, 2008 - HONESTLY! At least nerds aren't giving you shit for your clever comment, you should see mine towards the bottom of the page, haha.

alphakristjan Says:

Aug 25, 2008 - Ok i get it. :)

AtheistDiscGolfer Says:

Aug 25, 2008 - Haha i knew elves were real

ZB90 Says:

Aug 26, 2008 - Why not just call it Lightning duh

ComputerGeek3310 Says:

Aug 27, 2008 - I thought elves where humanoid! thx for crushing my dreams!

IronMafiosa Says:

Aug 27, 2008 - WTF? Everybody know elves live in Rivendell. Bunch of science geeks...

UncleKennybobs Says:

Aug 28, 2008 - Imbecile.

DriesDD Says:

Aug 31, 2008 - Are elves the same as ball lightning, or is ball lightning even different from the phenomena in this video? (Check wikipedia if you want to know about the atmospheric phenomenon 'ball lightning')

ZebraJones01 Says:

Aug 31, 2008 - So what's the problem with people joking about like, real elves? You prudes have no sense of humor, fuck every single one of you

ZebraJones01 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - Haha, glad we can all agree, hahaha. No hard feelings duder

chaodemon Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - my grandfather told me that elves ain't real.i cna prove him wrong by now lols

iloveallecchianime Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - elves are perfect for sucking dick!~

RandomDiscontent Says:

Sep 10, 2008 - what a sexy robot voice she has

sonofhendrix Says:

Nov 1, 2008 - stupid mainstream 2nd tier scientists. Plasma Cosmology!