NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a stunning photograph of one of nature’s most elusive phenomena from the International Space Station on July 3, 2025, initially believing she had documented a sprite, a rare form of atmospheric lightning, only to discover she had captured something even more extraordinary: a gigantic jet.
“Nichole Ayers caught a rare and spectacular form of a TLE from the International Space Station — a gigantic jet,” confirmed Dr. Burcu Kosar, Principal Investigator of NASA’s Spritacular project. The discovery represents one of the clearest views of this atmospheric phenomenon ever documented from space.
TLE? Did I miss the definition? Would be nice to have it in the body text.
Edit: went to the article which thankfully someone else posted. Transient Luminous Event is a TLE.
So…they don’t know what it is either?
Not sure. I definitely don’t know what it is haha.
It’s a Walmart. Specifically, the Tire and Lube Express.