Scientists Finally Find Mysterious Mesospheric Ghosts

Image caption: Scientists track the “ghosts” of the upper atmosphere. Image credit: Thomas Ashcraft. Article by Olivia Young. Atlas Obscura – December 20, 2023.

On a spring night in 2019, in the bowels of Tornado Alley, nature documentarian Hank Schyma was out photographing a storm when he captured something mysterious. A “ghost,” but not of the paranormal sort. In the distance, this specter appeared as a faint green blob over a red flash of light. […]

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