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The Guardian // World

‘A perfect coincidence’: rare red lightning captured in New Zealand skies

Wednesday 22nd October 2025, 1:05AM

Photographers capture extremely unusual phenomenon – also known as red sprites – against backdrop of the Milky WayA trio of photographers in New Zealand have captured images of “red sprites”, or red lightning, one of the rarest light phenomena in the world, in which luminous crimson flashes appear in the sky.New Zealand photographer Tom Rae and Spanish photographers Dan Zafra and José Cantabrana set out to shoot the Milky Way over the Ōmārama Clay cliffs in the South Island on 11 October, when they chanced upon the extraordinary event. Continue reading...

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