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Do You Think a Flash Lasts only a Fraction of a Second? This Monstrous Dump Has Crossed the Sky for 768 Kilometers (and It's Not a Calculation Error)

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After a meticulous analysis of satellite measurements, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially released two new records: those of the highest horizontal distance and the longest duration ever established on Earth by lightning. The details of the study were published this 1st February in the scientific journal BAMS. [...]
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After a meticulous analysis of satellite measurements, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially released two new records: those of the highest horizontal distance and the longest duration ever established on Earth by lightning. The details of the study were published this 1st February in the scientific journal BAMS. [...]

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SciencePost broke the news in on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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