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Noun: red sprites
  1. Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
    - sprites

Type of: atmospheric electricity

Nearest

red shift
red shrubby penstemon
red silk cotton
red silk-cotton tree
red silver fir
red siskin
red snapper
red sorrel
red spider
red spider mite
red sprites
red spruce
red squirrel
Red Sun
Red Tai
red tape
red tide
red trillium
red underwing
red valerian
red water