Thunderstorms 'as large as cities' in Southeast seen from space

NASA astronaut Anne McClain, a member of the 73rd expedition to the ISS, presented an impressive series of photographs of night thunderstorms taken from an altitude of 420 kilometers over Alabama and Georgia. These images captured lightning from the height of space. McClain wrote in her post on X: “This is what lightning looks like if you look at it from orbit.” Although similar shots have been taken before,... The post NASA astronaut Anne McCla…

Thunderstorms 'as large as cities' in Southeast seen from space

Being in space is cool on its own, but imagine seeing thunderstorms as big as cities from a space perspective, too. NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Col. Anne McClain posted video Wednesday of recent thunderstorms impacting the Southeast. The video showed the region as pitch black except for city lights and flashes of lightning as Florida's recognizable shape comes into view. "I was astounded at the scale of recent thunderstorms," McClain said in a …