Here in Kansas, although in Western KS, as well as Western NE, there are a lot of people now video recording the tops of thunderstorms as they approach and after they passed over the area to video the backside to record sprites and jets.  Many examples have been recorded as a result of this, they have to record as they come or as they have passed over, due to the fact they need to see the top of the thunderstorm, ideally, the backside is best as the anvil cloud isn't there to block most of the top of the clouds.  I found a page that does list some photo specifics for Learjet, speed, type of camera I think, etc.  The ones recorded from the space shuttle are cool, I do wonder about the mention of the mega-lightning that was recorded at Mt. Arecibo as that is the site of a radio telescope, not a visual one that I know of…hmn.  I am also one of those silly characters who has chased tornadoes, but this ceased in about '95 after our car died and we couldn't afford a new one, or a new, used one to be correct.

 I was lucky enough to see several tornadoes near Manhattan, KS (The Little Apple) by the town of Ogden, then a larger wedge shaped tornado near Keats, KS, one man was injured in that one, broken arm and a lot of sheep killed, also before I moved down here, I saw two tornadoes on the ground at the same time in South Dakota, they were my first actual sighting near the town of Chamberlain, they were EF0 probably, pretty weak, EF1 at most, but doubtful, ironically in the same area two weeks later, there were tornadoes again, total count over 10 in those two weeks, all weak, but still cool since they were over open land, I always get a laugh when someone on a video I have (Tape) says "Look, it's hitting where it did the last time!" like it's the same tornado, come back to wreak havoc on them in revenge or something, but as it was awesome footage, I can excuse them :-) I need to xfer them to disk, most poor quality as saved from chaser to chaser over time.  Severe Weather has always fascinated me, I guess because when I was young, it scared me growing up in South Dakota and wanted to make me understand it, so I wasn't as afraid.  I think this same thing happened with the paranormal, as a young teen had an experience up there that scared me quite a bit, so hence the interest in the paranormal, try to learn and understand.

@Learjet the link to some sprite photo settings, if you haven't found it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(lightning)

 Nice catch!  Yeah, I forgot to mention that they have to be after sundown, well, when it's a dark dusk at least, beside from some distance as your nice shot shows.  Just to think, some people thought they saw them, but no one really believed it until evidence was irrefutable.  Hmn, sounds familiar! ;-)

Do you ever see something like lightening jets on Ster Trek? I don't remember any…

just wondering…

I'll have to watch that one. See, Star Trek is always right! I knew it!