Friday, April 17, 2009

Passover Sprites

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



Wednesday, March 11, 2009

25-26.2.2009 Event

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











Sunday, February 1, 2009

"Half a Tornado" - 31.1.2009 night

Here are nice images taken by Gaby Yaniv (Roy's father) of a Tornado.
It didn't touch the ground but still, it looks great.
Picture was taken from the city of Rishon Lezion, looking North to Bat-Yam and Tel - Aviv.












30.1.2009 -1 sprite

We caught 1 sprite from Tel-Aviv. Azimuth was 330 toward Cyprus.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

1 sprite 4 saturday

we were watching toward the north - the gulf of Iskenderun (thanks Renzo)

at 21:56 (local time) we observed 1 sprite.






Monday, January 12, 2009

6-7.1.09 - New year fireworks - cont.

theses are the events that were observed by the jerusalem team...















































































Thursday, January 8, 2009

6-7.1.2009 - New Year fireworks

What a night. We gained a new record of observed TLEs in the vicinity of Israel.
We caught 39 Sprites, 3 Elves and 2 Halos in one night. It was a cyprus low that went to the north-eastern part of the Mediterranean sea with clear visibility as can be seen in the "dust model" map.