Southeast Asia by Night with Lightning Storm Clusters | International Space Station

Southeast Asia by Night with Lightning Storm Clusters | International Space Station

Expedition 73 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Anne McClain: "Incredible storms over Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia. While we see lightning somewhere on Earth every night pass, it’s not as common to see one this active."

"Did you know lightning is essential to maintain the earth-atmosphere electrical balance? If all the lightning stopped, that balance would disappear in 5 minutes and create an unsurvivable condition for humans. Check out the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory‘s FAQ on lightning . . . it’s fascinating."

NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory FAQ:   https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/lightning/faq/

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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.

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

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: May 25, 2025

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