【拍到最清晰“巨大喷流” 中国摄影师作品登上NASA】23日，美国航空航天局(NASA)官网刊登一张罕见的“巨大喷流”的清晰照片，这是由中国天文爱好者潘慧恩拍到的。8月13日，她在广东的石坑崆意外拍到这转瞬即逝的壮观景象：由云层上端迸发出的一道蓝紫色和红色相连的闪电柱，非常震撼。
如果不是天文爱好者，或许无法理解这张图有多么“碉堡了”，那直接听听NASA找来的天文学专家是怎么说的：
That's no meteor. While watching and photographing this year's Perseid Meteor Shower, something unexpected happened: a gigantic jet erupted from a nearby cloud. The whole thing was over in a flash -- it lasted less than a second -- but was fortunately captured by an already-recording digital camera. Gigantic jets are a rare form of lightning recognized formally only a few years ago. The featured high resolution color image, taken near the peak of Shikengkong mountain in China, may be the best image yet of this unusual phenomenon. The same event appears to have been captured simultaneously by another photographer, further away. The gigantic jet appears to start somewhere in a nearby thundercloud and extend upwards towards Earth's ionosphere. The nature of gigantic jets and their possible association with other types of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) such as blue jets and red sprites remains an active topic of research.
翻译：
那不是流星。在观赏与拍摄今年的英仙座流星时，意外之喜发生了：从邻近的云团里迸射出了巨大喷流。这现象在1秒钟内转瞬即逝，但很幸运地被相机捕捉到了。巨大喷流是一种最近今年才被确认的非常罕见的闪电形式。这张拍摄于中国石坑崆山上的高清图可能是目前为止，有关这种少见天文现象的最棒的照片。另一位远在他乡的摄影师碰巧也拍到了该现象。这个巨大喷流似乎从邻近的雷暴云发出向上延伸至地球的电离层。巨大喷流的本质以及它与其他高空短暂发光现象(TLEs)，比如蓝色喷流以及红色精灵，之间的联系是目前非常热的研究主题。
一句话，这是目前世界上拍摄到有关巨大喷流的最好的图!
