Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Science@beehaw.org · 1 year ago515-Mile-Long Lightning Megaflash Sets New World Recordwww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-link515-Mile-Long Lightning Megaflash Sets New World Recordwww.scientificamerican.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Science@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWow. That would have been really cool to see from space. Either of them. On the ground it probably wasn’t that different.
minus-squareswelter_spark@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI saw a lightning storm like this in the American Midwest once. It was very dramatic and awe-inspiring.
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI live on the Great Plains, you’re right, storms can be impressive as hell. I’ve seen more than one tornado, too. I meant the giant lightning strike slowly propagating over a whole squall line. I don’t think you could see that except from space.
minus-squareswelter_spark@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh, the whole 500 mile long thing. Yes, it must’ve been amazing in person, but not sure how much would be visible.
Wow. That would have been really cool to see from space. Either of them.
On the ground it probably wasn’t that different.
I saw a lightning storm like this in the American Midwest once. It was very dramatic and awe-inspiring.
I live on the Great Plains, you’re right, storms can be impressive as hell. I’ve seen more than one tornado, too.
I meant the giant lightning strike slowly propagating over a whole squall line. I don’t think you could see that except from space.
Oh, the whole 500 mile long thing. Yes, it must’ve been amazing in person, but not sure how much would be visible.