Lightning

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Lightning from Above

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than 250 miles above Milan, Italy on July 1, 2025. Storm observations from space station help scientists study Earth’s upper atmosphere, which can improve weather models and protect communication systems and aircraft. Space station crew take photographs of Earth that record how the…

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Lightning in Southeast Asia

A flash of lightning shines brighter than the lights of nearby cities in this Oct. 29, 2024, image taken by astronaut Don Pettit while aboard the International Space Station. At the time of this photograph, little to no moonlight illuminated the scene. This allows astronauts to see and photograph a variety of light sources with a high degree of contrast…

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AEM Releases 2024 U.S. Lightning Report

AEM, the essential source for environmental insights, today released its 2024 U.S. Lightning Report, revealing a startling reshaping of America’s lightning landscape. Last year, AEM’s Earth Networks Total Lightning Network® detected over 459 million lightning pulses within 80 million lightning flashes across the U.S., a 17.7% decrease from 2023. The report documents an extraordinary year where traditional patterns were upended, as…

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The 1998 Florida Firestorm and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

East central Florida’s natural environment and climate have shaped, and delayed, Kennedy Space Center launch operations since the 1960s. Torrential pop-up thunderstorms, Atlantic hurricanes, roasting heat, and other climatic phenomena, including lightning and fire, repeatedly hampered mission timelines and created dangerous conditions for astronauts and workers. Lightning Crashes Kennedy Space Center personnel understood the dangers of lightning strikes all too well by…

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What’s Made in a Thunderstorm and Faster Than Lightning? Gamma Rays!

A flash of lightning. A roll of thunder. These are normal stormy sights and sounds. But sometimes, up above the clouds, stranger things happen. Our Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has spotted bursts of gamma rays – some of the highest-energy forms of light in the universe – coming from thunderstorms. Gamma rays are usually found coming from objects with crazy extreme physics…

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ThermoPro Launches New Innovative Meat Thermometer, the Lightning

 ThermoPro, the #1 rated affordable meat thermometer on Amazon, launched a new product today, the ThermoPro Lightning One-Second Instant-Read Waterproof Meat Thermometer. Achieve perfection in a flash with temperature readings in just one second – the fastest response time on the market – and with pinpoint accuracy using a built-in sophisticated thermocouple probe, making this the ideal tool for grilling, deep…

Reviews

Hands-on: inCharge X by Rolling Square

Today, we are taking a look at the inCharge X from Rolling Square. They were kind enough to send this over for me to review.  I’ve spent a bit of time with it and I’m here to tell you my thoughts.  Spoiler, it’s pretty freaking cool and it fits on your keyring! inCharge® X is the world’s only 100W 6-in-1…

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112,310,896 total lightning strikes detected in the U.S. in 2019

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Xcentz Launches MFi+TID-certified USB-C to Lightning Cable CA-61815

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Xcentz, a consumer electronics and smart hardware maker, announced the launch of CA-61815, the industry’s durable aluminum alloy + nylon braided USB-C to Lightning cable with Apple’s new C94 connector. With an accumulation of advanced technologies and outstanding ability in research and development, Xcentz released the new product to meet consumer expectations of power delivery (PD)…

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Scosche Releases USB-C to Lightning Power Delivery Cable

OXNARD, CA (04.0.3.2019) – Scosche Industries has begun to ship their new MFI-certified USB-C to Lightning Power Delivery cables. These cables connect and sync Apple Lightning devices with USB-C enabled devices such as: laptops, tablets, hard drives, smartphones, digital cameras and more. Scosche is introducing an entire family of USB-C → Lightning Power Delivery cables, of which this durable Thermoplastic elastomers…