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Eurosprite

Does lightning Strike twice? could be,

but where one hit somewhere near another one might.

When we point the cameras we usually follow the storm and try to aim to the location where lightning had already struck.

We discovered while working on the Eurosprite campaign a cool add-on (KML file) to

Google Earth that gives us locations of lightning on real-time.

This tool was useful in training our new hunters:

Shy Halatzi, Vered Silverman and Hodaya Sher.

Well, wish us luck for the coming season,

Cammon lucky Sprite!

Mighty meteors fire up the desert sky

In the Perseid meteor shower of 2010, 54 meteors were detected by our 100N and 902H watec cameras.

The peak of the shower took place near dawn while our cameras were directed towards the radiant (the constellation of Perseus).

Thousands of eager Israelis joined scientific teams from Tel Aviv University to behold the spectacle.

Testing...

During the dry season there are no sprites in Israel.

What will the poor sprite hunter do?

She will find better hunting grounds. This August we will create little artificial sprites in a bottle way up north in Holland.

Do you wish to know how is it done?
Have a look at our last year's catch on arXiv.

Good hunting and good night.

27-28 Feb 2010

Here are some lightning me and my father (Gaby) caught from the 14th story in Rishon Lezion.
Looking north-west to the Mediterranean sea and the city of Bat Yam.

Roy

17-18.1.2010

Here are some lightning pictures from the storm.

Hanukkah candles..

10-11.12.2009

A combination of determination, well-developed Cypros low and clear sky have led to 38 new Sprites and 14 new Meteors. The events were caught by the hunters Keren Mezuman, Eitan Amit & Naama Reicher from Tel-Aviv`s Team.

Synoptic, lightnings and clouds maps are attached in addition to some selected photos of the events. have fun...

Winter 2009 - 2010

New winter season – new campaign.

28-29.10.2009:

5 new sprites were caught by Roy Yaniv and Naama Reicher from the Tel Aviv team with a mutual cooperation of Jozsef Bor from the Hungarian sprite team that came to visit us in Israel.

The sprites were caught during the first Cyprus low of the year.

A synoptic map attached.

Perseids 2009

Thought not at peak time, we imaged 31 meteors from Mt. Hermon.
Here are two samples.

New papers

I'm happy to inform that we have two new papers.

Greenberg et al 2009 - ELF/VLF signatures of sprite-producing lightning discharges observed during the 2005 EuroSprite campaign

Yaniv et al 2009 - Calibration of CCD Cameras for Measurements of Sprites and Elves

Passover Sprites

We caught 3 sprites on the 8.4.2009. The synoptic conditions were Cyprus low pressure system.

25-26.2.2009 Event

5 Sprites, 1 Halo and 4 Elves were caught during a cyprus low pressure event.