GOES-16 GLM Flash Extent and ABI Cloud Imagery (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

GOES-16 GLM Flash Extent and ABI Cloud Imagery

Caption

GOES-16 satellite image recording a record-setting 515-mile ligtning megaflash during a storm in October 2017. Red circles mark positively charged branches of the lightning, and blue circles mark negatively charged branches. 

Credit

World Meteorological Organization, American Meteorological Society

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License

Public Domain

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