来自国际空间站的巨型喷气机
(原标题: Giant Jet from the International Space Station)
2024-08-13
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地平线上是什么？上月初，宇航员马修·多米尼克（Matthew Dominick）在国际空间站绕地球飞行时，在地球边缘外看到了一种不寻常的闪电：一股巨大的喷气式飞机。强大的喷气机以红色和蓝色出现在特色图像的左侧。巨型喷气闪电在过去的23年里才为人所知。大气喷流与雷暴有关，并向上延伸到地球的电离层。画面的下半部分显示的是夜晚的地球，地球稀薄的大气层被气辉染成了绿色。城市的灯光是可见的，有时会消散，但通常会在云层中产生漫射的白光。画面的顶部显示了黑暗夜空中遥远的星星。巨型喷流的性质及其与其他类型的瞬态发光事件（TLEs）（如蓝色喷流和红色精灵）的可能联系仍然是一个活跃的研究课题。不断增长的画廊：2024年英仙座流星雨和极光
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What's that on the horizon? When circling the Earth on the International Space Station early last month, astronaut Matthew Dominick saw an unusual type of lightning just beyond the Earth's edge: a gigantic jet. The powerful jet appears on the left of the featured image in red and blue. Giant jet lightning has only been known about for the past 23 years. The atmospheric jets are associated with thunderstorms and extend upwards towards Earth's ionosphere. The lower part of the frame shows the Earth at night, with Earth's thin atmosphere tinted green from airglow. City lights are visible, sometimes resolved, but usually creating diffuse white glows in intervening clouds. The top of the frame reveals distant stars in the dark night sky. The nature of gigantic jets and their possible association with other types of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) such as blue jets and red sprites remains an active topic of research. Growing Gallery: Perseid Meteor Shower 2024 and Aurorae