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A New Look at Earth’s Lightning

A sensor installed on the International Space Station is yielding fresh insights on the global distribution of lightning.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using data from Peterson, et al. (2021). Photograph by NASA. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published January 11, 2022
Data acquired 1995 - 2020

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