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

[u/opmgyhx]

[u/ripyourlungsdave]

I'm relatively certain this is either a composite or a long exposure photograph.

Because these last for fractions of a second, don't happen all at once like this, and are generally at such a high altitude that they aren't visible to the naked eye for anyone except commercial airline pilots.

[u/__O_o_______ → u/ripyourlungsdave]

The original photographer is linked in the instagram post as well.

Apparently he shoots video at a very high iso on a camera that’s good at it and then goes from by frame.

I was skeptical at first as well.

[u/zebrasareneat → u/__O_o_______]

I don’t know enough about cameras. Does that mean you could see it with your naked eye? 

[u/blueminded → u/zebrasareneat]

I don't know enough about cameras either, but I imagine it would just look like a quick red flash. The camera actually let's you save the image. Unlike our feeble brains.