A photographer in China takes amazing pictures of the phenomenon of the lightning imp ... so what is the lightning imp?

ArabiaWeather - The phenomenon of lightning can be very dangerous, but it is magically beautiful, and here is a photographer who manages to capture a video of a strange type of lightning that only a very few people have seen.

At around midnight on May 9, strange flashes of red were captured by a photographer in Guiyang, China, through his camera, which was focused on the top of a thunderstorm, in an attempt to photograph the fleeting phenomenon known as the lightning imp .

What is the phenomenon of the lightning imp?

A lightning sprite is a large discharge of electricity miles into the atmosphere above a severe thunderstorm that can extend nearly to the edge of space, about 62 miles (100 km) above the Earth's surface. The dark red color is believed to be caused by the interaction of lightning with nitrogen in the atmosphere.

One of the most common types of devils is the red " jellyfish sprite", which appears due to the lines that extend downward and resemble a jellyfish.

Sprites only last 10 to 100 milliseconds, which is why they are difficult to photograph despite their tens of miles stretching. The photographer from China was fortunate to take two consecutive photos at a short glance, as the photographer was within an appropriate distance from the distant storm, and focused the camera over the tops of the cloud with the camera set to specific settings.

Associated with this phenomenon may be the emergence of a large and rapidly expanding halo of light known as "Elve", but the two do not always occur at the same time.

Where does the lightning goblin phenomenon occur?

The phenomenon of the lightning imp is observed over every continent in the world except Antarctica, but it is more frequent over the central United States around Tornado Alley.

Orcs are so large that they have been spotted by cameras on the International Space Station, which are orbiting Earth 250 miles above the planet's surface.

The 1989 space shuttle mission helped confirm the presence of sprites. NASA said that prior to space flight, pilots reported the sprites but received no attention before they were first photographed in July 1989.

Since then, the phenomenon of the Lightning Imp has been documented worldwide, including in powerful equatorial systems, such as Hurricane Matthew in 2016.