Mystery red sprites and blue jets are spotted in space: Astronaut captures best ever images of the strange sights from the ISS (".. 'THOR experiment' captures rare footage of electrical 'blue jets' in space. Footage was recorded from the ISS by Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen.. ")

• Footage was recorded from the ISS by Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen
• The findings could help explain how these strange weather conditions form
• Biggest surprise was the 'blue blobs' which have never been seen before
• The strange blobs only lasted a few seconds, and are a few miles across

By Shivali Best For Mailonline

Published: 17:59 GMT, 9 February 2017 | Updated: 20:18 GMT, 9 February 2017

WHAT ARE THE DISPLAYS?
Red sprites are electrical bursts of light that occur above highly active thunderstorms.

They only last a few milliseconds and are relatively dim compared with other lightning.

The late experimental physicist John Winckler accidentally discovered sprites, while helping to test a new low-light video camera in 1989.

They show up red at higher altitudes and fade to blue at lower heights.

Blue jets are enormous bursts of electrical discharge spiking upward from storm clouds in the upper atmosphere.

They emerge from the electrically-charged cores of thunderstorms and rise up to 30 miles upwards in the shape of a cone.

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