Wired

Create Image Sprites the Easy Way

If you've ever used Google's Page Speed or Yahoo's YSlow to optimize your website chances are you've seen a suggestion to "use CSS sprites." CSS sprites reduce HTTP requests by combining multiple ...
Digital Trends

ISS astronaut shares astonishing shot of a storm-generated sprite

“Just. Wow.” So said NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers as she caught sight of a phenomenon known as a sprite from the International Space Station (ISS) 250 miles above Earth. Ayers shared an image on her X ...
GIGAZINE

An image capturing a red lightning bolt ``red sprite'' that occurs far above the clouds is posted on a website operated by NASA

Red sprite is a luminescent phenomenon that occurs in the mesosphere far above thunderclouds and cumulonimbus clouds.As the name suggests, red sprite is a reddish color, and although it is different ...
The Next Web

CSS Sprite Generator handles the sprite legwork for you

Sprites are an excellent way to get pages loading quicker, and if you’re not using them, you should be — and now you have help. And I’m not talking about the elf-like sprites of Harvest Moon. CSS ...
NDTV

Astronaut Captures Image Of Mysterious "Red Sprite" High Above The Earth

The rapid occurrence of a red sprite, lasting merely a millisecond, presents a challenge for scientists A European Space Agency (ESA)astronaut recently photographed an uncommon occurrence termed a red ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Capture Rare Photographs of Red Lightning

Sprites over Red Willow County, Nebraska, on August 12, 2013 Image courtesy of Jason Ahrns via Flickr Jason Ahrns, a graduate student at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and other scientists from ...