What the hell is this ??? !!! French astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured something startlingly rare from the International Space Station (ISS). The photo – which is a single frame taken from a longer timelapse – might look like it shows a cobalt bomb exploding over Europe. Instead, the shot shows something much less sinister called a "transitional luminous event" - a lightning-fast phenomenon that hits upward in the upper atmosphere. #RandomThoughts