{"id":771317,"date":"2023-11-06T13:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=771317"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:01:47","slug":"one-year-of-spritacular-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=771317","title":{"rendered":"One Year of Spritacular Science!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One Year of Spritacular Science!<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Have a camera? The Spritacular project needs your help capturing images of sprites and other Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) above thunderstorms.<\/div>\n
Credit: Rachel Lense. Gigantic Jet Image Credit: Frankie Lucena<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Sprites, those beguiling electrical flashes of light above thunderstorms, raise so many questions: Why do they take the shapes they do? What conditions in the upper atmosphere trigger them? How do sprites affect Earth\u2019s global electric circuit, and what is their contribution to the energy in Earth\u2019s upper atmosphere? On October 26, 2022, NASA\u2019s Spritacular project<\/a> began asking volunteers to help answer these questions. Happy Birthday, Spritacular!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been an amazing journey,\u201d said Dr. Burcu Kosar, space physicist at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and Spritacular principal investigator.\u00a0 \u201cOur community is growing steadily. We have been so thankful for all the participation so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project has 308 volunteers that have contributed 189 observations from 13 different countries. The database analysis is underway, so stay tuned for some exciting research outcomes!<\/p>\n

Have a camera? Join the chase of sprites<\/a> from the ground, engage with our global community of observers, and contribute your observations for NASA Science!<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s Citizen Science Program:<\/strong>
Learn about\u00a0NASA citizen science projects<\/a><\/p>\n

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