Temporary glow (TLE) are flares and glow that appear above storm clouds and are the result of activity occurring in those storms and storms.
Back in 2015, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen captured something unusual from the International Space Station above storm clouds from Earth orbit. They were blue jets, or the TLE type, that appears above strong thunderstorms and goes straight into space.
In January 2017, researchers at the Danish National Space Institute published an analysis of the astronaut's observations in Geophysical Research Letters. Due to the fact that Mogensen was able to make a clear video as the station flew over the Bay of Bengal, they were amazed at what this video showed.
Olivier Chanrion, lead author of the publication, reported that 245 pulsating blue discharges were observed during 160 seconds of video recording, which corresponded to a speed of about 90 per minute. One of the observed blue streams reached 40 km above sea level.
A 2013 study by scientists at the French Commission for Alternative and Atomic Energy analyzed images collected at NASA's Crew Earth Observations. In the pictures, 15 sprites and their parent lightning flashes were discovered.
In August 2015, the Expedition 44 crew aboard the station photographed red sprites over two different storms for 3 minutes, first over the American west and then off the coast of El Salvador. These sprites have reached 100 km above the Earth's surface.
NASA and partner agencies are advancing in their efforts to maintain continuous storm observations. NASA's Lightning Detection Sensor (LIS) was installed on the International Space Station in February 2017 as part of the DoD space test program.
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Such studies complement scientists' knowledge of how storms evolve and change, which helps improve storm models that can lead to better forecasting of detailed events.