Educational material

Education material in English on the documentation of lightning and sprites as they are observed from the International Space Station and from Earth. Kindly provided by the Rakia mission supporting the public outreach activities connected to the ILAN-ES mission series, the foundation the UHU experiment was built upon.

Downloadable from the website


A simple card game on hunting for red sprites

This game follows the steps photographers make to successfully record red sprites and other TLEs.
To play the game, the only thing you need is a deck of ordinary playing cards.

From the game rules:
In this game, you become a storm chaser who photographs special light phenomena appearing above lightning-rich thunderstorms.

Recommended number of players: 1–6 (yes, you can try it alone, too)
Recommended age: 8+
Game duration: 15–25 minutes

Read the Game Rules for more information!
Enjoy!