Peter McLeish, who is currently showing his Red Sprites exhibition at Visual Voice Gallery, has written extensively about the fascinating phenomenon of transient luminous events (TLE). “Red sprites” are upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms that have only recently been documented using low level television.
We are pleased to share three of his papers with you – enjoy!
The Historic Search for Red Sprites:
Art Meets Science in Lightning’s Angels
by Peter McLeish
LEONARDO
Vol. 38, No. 2,
pp. 109–113, 2005
Art, Science, Space and an Atmospheric Phenomenon Named Red Sprites
Peter McLeish, Dr. Walter A. Lyons
7th Workshop on Space and the Arts
ESA, IAA, Leonardo/OLATS, OURS Foundation
2004