Lightning Storms Close-up: Earth Orbital Views | International Space Station

Lightning Storms Close-up: Earth Orbital Views | International Space Station

Expedition 73 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Anne McClain: "Looking at close-ups of lightning is like peering into a different world. These flashes of light are captured in a single frame at 1/120th of a second—a transient piece of artwork which only technology allows us to capture and savor. The depth, the colors, the shapes . . . I am in awe."

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center/A. McClain 

Release Date: May 29, 2025

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