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Sensing Lightning from the Space Station

Bolts light up Earth’s atmosphere 4 million times a day. Scientists hope to observe a few.


Astronaut photograph ISS038-E-16781 was acquired on December 12, 2013, with a Nikon D3S digital camera using an 85 millimeter lens. The image was taken by the Expedition 38 crew. Astronaut photograph ISS026-E-16488 was acquired on January 9, 2011, with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 180 millimeter lens. The image was taken by the Expedition 26 crew. Both images are provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The images have been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by Mike Carlowicz based on several NASA news releases.

Published March 23, 2014
Data acquired December 12, 2013

Source:
ISS > Digital Camera
Collection:
Astronaut Photography