Hackers' Pub

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`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

S. K. Riley @SKRiley_Author@universeodon.com

1/13/2026, 8:19:45 AM

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Red Sprites above The Kimberley, Western Australia.

Photographer Danny Welgama says red sprites happen in the blink of an eye.

#RedSprites #LuminousPlasma #ElectricalStorms #Photography #Australia

A fleeting burst of red light high above a Kimberley storm in Western Australia's far north has been caught on camera by photographer Danny Welgama, from 150-200 kilometres away.
These red sprites (and sometimes blue jets and gigantic jets) are shooting upwards, 40-90 kilometres above large thunderstorm clouds.

A Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson said while lightning strikes and red sprites were both large-scale electrical discharges, they were quite different.
Red sprites, a form of luminous plasma, occur in higher levels of the atmosphere, the stratosphere and/or mesosphere, compared to typical lightning, which is in the lowest layer, the troposphere.
Source: ABC Kimberley

S. K. Riley @SKRiley_Author@universeodon.com

1/13/2026, 8:43:29 AM

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Close Up of Red Sprites

It looks like a forest of red electrical energy hovering in the starry night sky, its many roots reaching downwards toward the earth.

Many interesting shapes reveal themselves in the voids created by the red glow.

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