Two rare natural phenomena were filmed from space

The ISS cameras managed to film two rare natural phenomena at once, which are called "elf" and "blue"

According to the European Space Agency, they are very difficult to see from the surface of the Earth.

In the video published on the official YouTube channel of the European Space Agency, you can see a sudden flash, after which a blue light column becomes visible through the atmosphere.A flash is a manifestation of the natural phenomenon "elf" that arisesThe diameter of the flare, as noted, canreach several hundred kilometers.

The "blue stream", in turn, is calledluminous stream shooting out from thunderclouds. It is known that such natural phenomena are classified as rare, and their duration is several milliseconds.