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Satellite Catches Storms Producing Gamma Rays

Tropical cyclones can give rise to some of the highest-energy light occurring naturally on Earth.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Roberts, O. J., et al. (2017), and the NASA-NOAA GOES project. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published June 21, 2017
Data acquired August 3, 2014

Sources:
Fermi > Gamma-ray Burst Monitor
GOES