NgoJulayi 24, amaGiant Jets athunjwa ngekamelo lamafu laseGemini phezulu kweManua Kea, eHawaii. Ama-Giant Jets awuhlobo olungavamile kakhulu lwesigxobo saphezulu ongasibona. Luhlobo lwesimo esifana nesamaSprite, kepha esinamandla amakhulu futhi esibonakala kalula ngeso lenyama ngenxa yobukhulu baso obukhulu. Ubukhona be amaGoblins, yilokho okubizwa ngalolu hlobo lwemisebe, nokuthi banamagama amaningi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi okufanele babhalwe ohlwini, banobudlova kakhulu ukuthi ubukhona babo bekulokhu kungatshazwa njalo.
AbakwaSprite, ababhaliswanga okokuqala kuze kube ngu-1989, ngososayensi uJohn R. Winkler neqembu lakhe lososayensi e-University of Minnesota. Futhi noma ngabe ubufakazi bokuqala obubonakalayo babutholakala emuva ngaleso sikhathi, kuze kwaba "ngo-2002" kuphela lapho i-Giant Jet yathathwa khona. Imibiko yokuba khona kwalezi zenzakalo empeleni ivela ku-1886, kodwa yayingakaze ibonwe ngokusemthethweni. Kodwa-ke emcabangweni babekhona, njengoba kukhonjiswe owathola umklomelo kaNobel ku-physics uCharles Wilson ngo-1925.
Ukuqonda imisebe yeDuende
Njengoba kukhonjisiwe kuvidiyo, ungafakaza "ngokushesha" amajets amathathu avelile. Inani eliphakeme lifinyelele ku-80km, ku-ionosphere.
Lolu hlobo lombani lwenzeka ngaphezu kwamafu noma i-cumulonimbus ezivunguvungwini ezinkulu engxenyeni yomkhathi ebizwa nge-mesosphere. Endaweni engezansi zinendawo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka efinyile engafika ku-30km. Phezulu kunjenge-flash ekhanyayo yombala obomvu nowolintshi. Bangakwazi ukufinyelela ku-90km phezulu, futhi ububanzi bufike ku-50km.
Zivame kakhulu ukwenzeka, kepha kukhona okuhlukile lapho kuneziphepho ezenzeka ngobuningi. Njalo ngobude obuphakathi kwama-millisecond ama-3 no-10. Ukutadisha kwayo ngenxa yalezi zici kunzima kakhulu. Uma ziphuma, zikwenza lokho ku-1.600km / s. Futhi ngenxa yesikhathi esifushane, cishe akunakwenzeka ukuwaqopha ngamakhamera ajwayelekile.