Johan Loreto, founder of the "Meteo-Faroise" website and a well-known meteorologist, managed to document the "red ghost" phenomenon in the sky over the French city of Brignoles.
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The camera captured two of these luminous phenomena almost simultaneously, shortly before 3:00 AM. Interestingly, these lights did not originate over the Var region, but were linked to powerful storm systems that developed far away, between the Balearic Islands and Catalonia.
Thanks to their extremely high altitude, they can be seen from hundreds of kilometers away when conditions are right. These dazzling lights belong to the family of "flash phenomena." Unlike traditional lightning, which forms within or beneath storm clouds, these ghosts appear at a very high altitude in the atmosphere, directly above thunderstorms.
The French meteorological service describes them as electrical discharges that can develop at an altitude of tens of kilometers, resulting from the electrical activity of powerful thunderstorms, and remain visible for only a few milliseconds. Their reddish color is not accidental, as it is linked to the emission of nitrogen molecules present in the upper atmosphere during the electrical discharge.
These ghostly apparitions can take various forms, some resembling giant columns or jellyfish suspended above storms. While the images are stunning, directly observing the "red ghost" remains extremely difficult. Its faintness, and especially its fleeting appearance, renders the phenomenon almost imperceptible to the naked eye in most cases.
For this reason, photographing them requires sensitive equipment, appropriate settings, and a good understanding of storm activity, which may be very far from the observation site. The first photographic evidence of these phenomena was not obtained until the late 1980s.
This photograph is part of the observational work that Johan Loreto has been undertaking for several years. He is the founder of "Météo-Varroise," based in Brignoles, where he provides local forecasts and specifically monitors weather phenomena that may affect the region. Since 2019, he has also worked as a meteorologist for the Var fire department. He is also passionate about photographing storms and atmospheric phenomena.
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