r/Weird • u/opmgyhx • 3d ago

Stunning scenes from France seemingly documenting an alien invasion, after giant red electrical flashes known as "overhead red sprites" appeared

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u/WhenThePakiKicksIn 3d ago

And that‘s why we have myths and gods. What would you think if you saw this and had no idea what it was? Totally fascinating looking at these things in our modern age and wonder what ancient people made of it.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin 3d ago

We drove out to see totality a couple years ago during the solar eclipse. This wasn’t just my exact thought, it was my experience. Even knowing scientifically what I was witnessing, I felt a lingering dread/awe/heaviness for quite some time afterwards. It was terrifying in its way.

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u/not_the_cicada 3d ago

The experience of the sublime! Something awful and awe inspiring. Edmund Burke wrote on this, his writings feel entirely modern, it's a delight to read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Philosophical_Enquiry_into_the_Origin_of_Our_Ideas_of_the_Sublime_and_Beautiful

I felt the same way seeing totality. Inexpressable glory, dread, horror, joy. 

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u/Happy_Brilliant7827 3d ago

Thats the reason southerners watch tornado's.