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.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A New Look at Earth’s 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
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