Ultra-Rare Lightning Phenomena Collide Above Alps in Historic Night-Sky Capture
On a quiet November night in northern Italy, the sky revealed a secret that usually unfolds far beyond human perception. For less than a heartbeat, two of Earth’s rarest atmospheric phenomena—an elve and a red sprite—ignited simultaneously above the Alps, forming a luminous event so fleeting and improbable that most scientists only encounter it through satellite data or simulations. Yet this moment was captured in stunning clarity by Italian photographer Valter Binotto, from his home in Possagno, a small town resting at the foothills of the Alps. The resulting image is not merely a beautiful photograph; it is a scientific … Read more