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Watch a huge lightning storm move across the eastern USA. The huge storm caused much damage and unfortunately some loss of life for people in its path. Seen from space, the
lightning is seen as momentary flashes in the featured
time-lapse video recorded last month by the
Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) aboard the
GOES-16 satellite. The outline of
North America is most evident during the day, while the bright
lightning strikes are most evident at night. Inspection of the video shows that much of the
lightning occurred at the leading edge of the huge tail of the swirling storm. Because
lightning frequently precedes a storm's most violent impact,
lightning data from
GLM holds promise to help reduce the harm to humans from future storms.
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