A clear picture of red heterosexual lightning was taken from the International Space Station

Red heterogeneous lightning is an optical activity associated with strong lightning, which takes place in a very short time.

Red heterosexual lightning looks from space

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) took a beautiful picture when they were observing the storm above the city in southern Mexico, on August 10. Along the right corner of the picture, bright red and purple columns are rising from the white-blue lightning.

Red heterogeneous lightning appears along the right edge of the picture.(Photo: NASA.)

The first photograph of red heterosexual lightning was taken in 1989. It often appears in the form of red branching fibers, above the highly active flash area. The atmospheric projectile beam can reach up to 90 km long, the brightest region is located at an altitude of 65-75 km.

Enlarged image of red deformed lightning.(Photo: NASA.)

Red heterogeneous lightning only appears for a short time of 3 to 10 milliseconds. Therefore, observing it takes a lot of time and effort. This photo is one of the clearest images of red deformed lightning recorded by astronauts on ISS.