bode where lightning will strike may be jolly cunning , but what about where lightning will blink ?
This mapfrom NASA ’s Earth Observatory takes data from 1995 – 2013to show us the global hotspot for lightning . As you’re able to see , lightning rates over solid ground are much higher than over urine , with the heaviest areas seeing rates of up to 150 flashes per kilometer per year .
But , while that charge per unit may fathom deceptively abject , many of those same areas are construe the bulk of their lightning in a exclusive time of year , monsoon time of year , while the sleep of the year is comparatively placid fashioning for some very impressive — if brief — stormy show .
Map : NASA ’s Earth Observatory ikon by Joshua Stevens using LIS / OTD data point from the Global Hydrology and Climate Center Lightning Team
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