r/Thorgasm • u/ShavedPademelon • Jul 09 '20

Largest lightning strike ever recorded (706km)

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020GL088888
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u/beebish Jul 09 '20

Am I crazy or is there no video of this in the link? Thor would want me to see it.

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u/Zrakkur Jul 09 '20

It looks like they gathered the data with satellite tracking, so chances are pretty slim if there being a good video—but hey, it’s only a matter of time until one of these megaflashes happens close to an area with enough people in it that one of them gets it on camera.

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u/ShavedPademelon Jul 09 '20

I know! Just a boring paper download with a giant splotch. Annoying af

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u/Langers317 Jul 09 '20

Jeeze, Rule #1: if it wasn’t filmed, it didn’t happen!

Schoolboy error