NASA STS-120 Lightning from Space 05/11/2007

[jerichomutant]

FAKE

[Rivertownewoozworld]

I never knew there were that much lightning going on in Earth every second! There is a ton more than that on the Earth, because we are just looking at one side of the Earth. This is so cool!

[gtaslim13]

looks like AA flak fire scary though



[phaffnir255]

looks nice

saw the other day on ndc someting called bolt lightning but cant find anyting on it on the inet

[rosuna78]

That's one hell of a light show from up there. I would love to see that in person :)

[WarbladeX1]

its what happens when you dont obey your thirst

[ogkiller88]

this is the work of Allah who created this

[skeleto73]

it looks like an alien ship

[Exseigee]

its called a sprite dumbass

[cornixregina]

is that not sprites, the upward lightning bursts triggered in reaction to downward strikes?

[sinity51]

Lighting strikes the earth over 3 million times

a day!

[laura20022004]

Geesh. But awesome tho

[agentdarkboote]

3:15 : A sprite?

[justinaurelius]

Nah... more like a 7up and Sierra Mist.

[KineticalKreations]

@agentdarkboote ....It sure looks like it.

[CaiqueLover]

So pretty, I live just north of dallas :D

[ItalianBandit]

that's no thunderstorm

THAT'S HELL ON EARTH!

LIKE ONE BOLT EVERY HALF A SECOND!

[flexyco]

Hell on earth = Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both humanitarian and amount of lightning strikes per square kilometer per year (more than 150!)

[TheFanta913]

@ItalianBandit no 100 bolts of lightning hits the earth every second

[DraSifisGr]

@ItalianBandit yeah.... but its is spread over a very large area... if you were down there you would have experienced it as a typical thunderstorm....

[JantjeKebabje]

@ItalianBandit more like 20 bolts a second! :-|

Really, earth is great! :D

[HazeGreyAndUnderway]

@ItalianBandit its actually quite common, thats how much lightning will strike in a storm system. think about how high up they are and the true distance between each strike on the surface

[GamingGameGamer]

@ItalianBandit on average, there are atleast 40 every second

[davidstorm0]

ohhhhhh.... que locuraaaa

[brendology]

that is so amazing, it makes me feel really small

[7FridayGirl109]

SPARKLY! yep

[JessLaLaBurke]

amazing vid btw!

[JessLaLaBurke]

Lightning most certainly does strike the same place twice. Look at towers and poles, happens ALL the time. That's really a silly myth.

[mafketeltje34]

lightning NEVER strikes twice at the same place fooks, not to mention a 1000 times what happens here...

[TwatDidYouSay]

That's just an old myth. Lightning certainly can strike in the same place more than once. Many videos show it happening.

[toni77fi]

take into consideration the scale you're looking at. those flashes you see are tens or not even hundred of kilometres wide so you can't tell exactly where on Earth the lightning is exactly striking now can you? and secondly, lightning does strike many times to high structures like tv and cell phone towers, as mentioned here by others

[Cfagg]

lol idiot, of course it can strike twice in the same place...

[tonypilot]

it's sparkling like diamounds

[illmatic291]

is this speed up?

[JiggaJagga]

No illmatic291, it's real-time.

[DeadInExistance]

nice...

[Romulo282838]

What are yours afraid of?

[JephN]

definitely lightning. there's no other event that creates that much light energy on earth.

[highhorse313]

A whole lotta activity is right. Some of those flashing lights seem to be coming from the same source - very strange. Obviously it's probably lightning but maybe not. Anyway, this is very intriguing film.

[Cchrisbud813]

Yes, they are coming from the same source: the storm. This appears to be a very large storm system. Also, if there is one area with high wind shear, it can cause several flashes that appear to come from the same spot (viewed from this far away of course.)

[highhorse313]

That's good to know. thanks.