NgoJulayi 24, iiJets ezinkulu zafakwa kwigumbi lamafu laseGemini phezulu eManua Kea, eHawaii. IiJets ezinkulu ziluhlobo olunqabileyo kakhulu lomqadi ukuya phezulu ukuze uzibone. Luhlobo lwesenzeko esifana ne-Sprites, kodwa esinamandla ngakumbi kwaye kulula ukusibona ngeliso lenyama ngenxa yobukhulu bayo obukhulu. Ubukho be iiGoblins, yile nto ibizwa ngolu hlobo, Kwaye banamagama amaninzi ekuhambeni kwexesha ukuba babhalwe, banobugqwetha kangangokuba ubukho babo babusoloko buthandabuza.
I-Sprites, ayizange ibhaliswe okokuqala kude kube ngo-1989, ngu-physicist uJohn R. Winkler kunye neqela lakhe lezenzululwazi kwiYunivesithi yaseMinnesota. Kwaye nangona ubungqina bokuqala obubonakalayo bufunyenwe ngelo xesha, Kwakungekabikho kude kube "nje" ngo-2002 apho iJet enkulu yafunyanwa. Iingxelo zobukho bezi zinto zenzeka ngo-1886, kodwa zazingazange zingqinwe ngokusesikweni. Ukanti ngokwethiyori babekhona, njengoko kubonisiwe ngowaphumelela uNobel kwi-physics uCharles Wilson ngo-1925.
Ukuqonda imitha yeDuende
Njengoko kubonisiwe kwividiyo, "ungangxama" ungqina ezi jets zintathu zibangelwe. Owona uphakamileyo wafikelela kuma-80km, kwi-ionosphere.
Olu hlobo lombane lwenzeka ngaphezulu kwamafu okanye i-cumulonimbus kwisaqhwithi esikhulu kwindawo yomoya obizwa ngokuba yi-mesosphere. Kummandla osezantsi anendawo eluhlaza ene-filamentous enokufikelela kwi-30km. Phezulu kufana nokukhanya okuqaqambileyo ngombala ophakathi obomvu no-orenji. Banokufikelela kwi-90km ukuphakama, kwaye kububanzi ukuya kuthi ga kwi-50km.
Banqabile ukwenzeka, kodwa kukho iimeko ezizodwa apho kukho izaqhwithi ezenzeka ngobuninzi. Ngamaxesha onke phakathi kwe-3 kunye ne-10 millisecond. Ukufunda kwayo ngenxa yezi mpawu kunzima kakhulu. Xa zivela, zenza njalo nge-1.600km / s. Kwaye ngenxa yexesha elifutshane, phantse akunakwenzeka ukuba uzifote ngeekhamera eziqhelekileyo.