Most of the images are IC discharges, but there are several images of CG discharges on the Carmel ridge.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
24 - 25 October - Lightnings
Following the great Sprite's photos, here is some lightning that were caught during the great night of 24-25 October 2008. The images were taken by Roni Lapid. from his home at Maagan Michael. The storm was located over the coastal city of Haifa and the nearby bay.
Most of the images are IC discharges, but there are several images of CG discharges on the Carmel ridge.
Most of the images are IC discharges, but there are several images of CG discharges on the Carmel ridge.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sprite Images captured from Jerusalem observation site
The Jerusalem observation TLE'S (Transient Luminous Events) site became operational at October 2007.
The site is located on a mountain ~800[m] AMSL and due to the fact that it is positioned in the outskirts of Jerusalem (Givat Ram campus - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel), it offers good visibility conditions degree. The site has a 360 degrees viewing capability.
The night observation we conduct are part of the ILAN team's research, and are coordinated in some of the cases (depending on the effect of weather on the visibility of the sites) with the Tel-Aviv University site/Mizpe Ramon site.
We observed Sprites above Thunder Storms that evolved in the eastern Mediterranean.
During the month of October we manage to capture 16 events total, during four successful night observation.
We attached images below taken by our team members.
Images of Sprites taken by Shalem Cohen during the night of the 21-22 October. estimated distance to the Sprites is ~400 km north of Jerusalem, (the Iskandrun bay and the coast of syria).
Images of Sprites taken by Elyakom Vadislavsky during the night of the 23-24 October. estimated distance to the Sprites is ~150 km west of Jerusalem (cosat of south-west Israel).
The site is located on a mountain ~800[m] AMSL and due to the fact that it is positioned in the outskirts of Jerusalem (Givat Ram campus - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel), it offers good visibility conditions degree. The site has a 360 degrees viewing capability.
The night observation we conduct are part of the ILAN team's research, and are coordinated in some of the cases (depending on the effect of weather on the visibility of the sites) with the Tel-Aviv University site/Mizpe Ramon site.
We observed Sprites above Thunder Storms that evolved in the eastern Mediterranean.
During the month of October we manage to capture 16 events total, during four successful night observation.
We attached images below taken by our team members.
Images of Sprites taken by Shalem Cohen during the night of the 21-22 October. estimated distance to the Sprites is ~400 km north of Jerusalem, (the Iskandrun bay and the coast of syria).
Images of Sprites taken by Elyakom Vadislavsky during the night of the 23-24 October. estimated distance to the Sprites is ~150 km west of Jerusalem (cosat of south-west Israel).
Monday, November 3, 2008
New LINKS in our ILAN website
http://geophysics.tau.ac.il/personal/Ilan/
I placed some importent new links on our website that will help our observation.
you can check out the Satellite maps and current observation links to see them.
I placed some importent new links on our website that will help our observation.
you can check out the Satellite maps and current observation links to see them.
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