NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, who is aboard the International Space Station as pilot of SpaceX Dragon’s Crew-10, captured the moment when a rare electrical phenomenon known as a transient luminous event occurred above thunderstorm clouds on July 3.

NASA astronaut named Nichole Ayers, stationed at International space station captured a rare and stunning image of a lightning phenomenon, ‘sprite’ often known as Transient Luminous Events (TLE). Ayers spotted this rare lightning above a thunderstorm over Mexico and the Desert Southwest earlier in the week.