# Scientists Finally Find Mysterious Mesospheric Ghosts

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/scientists-finally-find-mysterious-mesospheric-ghosts/
- Published: 2023-12-23T09:00:02-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.atlasobscura.com