Unique data on thunderstorm formation in upper atmospheric layers were obtained during a series of geophysical experiments, performed at the International space station.
      
      Multispectral optical system, developed in Russia and equipped with highly sensitive ultraviolet camera, allowed gathering unique information on nature of global thunderstorm phenomena in upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere – elves, red sprites, blue jets and other phenomena, detected in the sky over Equatorial Africa.
      
      A series of experiments has showed that ultraviolet range was extremely effective for monitoring of global physical events of natural and technogenic origin, as well as geophysical station in the atmosphere and surrounding space.
      
      Source: RIA Novosti
      
Author: Anna Kizilova