Nature photographer JJ Rao was out shooting a wet-season thunderstorm just outside of Derby when he was lucky enough to snap several red sprites, one of the world's rarest natural phenomena.
A West Australian photographer has captured on camera one of the world's rarest natural phenomena that's almost impossible to see with the naked eye.
The environmental scientist said the remote location and limited moonlight made for unusual yet perfect shooting conditions."You think mind might be playing tricks on you ... without a camera to actually capture it, it can be quite difficult for people to say that was definitely a sprite."Mr Rao said sprites appeared as a "fuzzy greyish-red blob" to the naked eye, but when caught on camera they could resemble a variety of shapes such as a tree, jellyfish, a column and carrot.
"There's belief that the first visual reports are from the early turn of the century," Dr Tucker said."Obviously photography wasn't what it was today and they're really rare to see, so generally it's a rare phenomenon to see regardless.