US Edition"Megaflash" lightning strike sets new world record over Green Country
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This Lightning Flash Was So Massive, Satellites Had to Prove It Happened
A record-shattering lightning bolt traveled an astonishing 515 miles from Texas to near Kansas City, becoming the longest ever recorded. This megaflash was only uncovered years later by satellites in orbit equipped with advanced lightning mappers, revealing the scale and mystery of these rare electrical phenomena. Record-Shattering Lightning Flash A single lightning bolt stretched an [...]
Experts confirm longest-ever lightning flash: Here's where
Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, 2017. (NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere / NOAA) A new world record has been set for the longest-ever lightning flash recorded, which happened nearly seven years ago. Where was the lightning flash captured?A 515-mile lighting streak, which was spotted from space, lit up the skies from eastern Texas thr…
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced a new world record for the longest lightning strike, with 829 kilometers, recorded in October 2017 in the United States, from Texas to near Kansas City. The post Record World Record for Longest Lightning Do you know what distance you traveled in the United States? appeared first on El Diario.
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