Amazing 'Red Lightning' Photographed from Space A red sprite photographed by space station astronauts on Aug. 10, 2015, above Acapulco, Mexico. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured this rare of a red sprite above a thunderstorm (glowing white) on Aug. 10, 2015, somewhere over Missouri or Illinois. This image of lightning over Kuwait was taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 12, 2013. Lightning strike was captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2011 while traveling over Bolivia. Striking the Bay Bridge in San Francisco went viral in April 2012. Captured by Expedition 31 astronauts aboard the International Space Station on April 30,2012, reveals a red sprite and lightning flash. This image, captured at 14:14 Universal Time on Jan. 24 (9:14 a.m. EST}, shows our stormy sun. Here's a storm you don't want to be caught in. On March 13, 2012, NASA's Solar Dynam...