http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/09/04/another-kind-of-image-of-the-day/?src=earthmatters-rss Earth is an amazing planet, and the one that matters most to us. Let’s have a conversation about it. Wed, 01 May 2013 01:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/09/04/another-kind-of-image-of-the-day/#comment-11185 Richard T Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:19:21 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2598#comment-11185 My spirits are lifted watching electrical storms from on high onthe run from uk to China. Amazing that you can observe the regularity of the discharge lightening. It’s almost as if a giant capacitor is firing off, which I suppose it is really!

]]> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/09/04/another-kind-of-image-of-the-day/#comment-11171 Allen Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:00:54 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=2598#comment-11171 Stunning. I agree that high flying jets are a great place for such observations. I always reserve a window seat and usually plan what side I sit on based on the direction of the flight and the time of day, betting that I’ll get a great sunrise or sunset. Some of my favorite flights for this kind of observing are overnight from Europe to Cape Town, South Africa. Amazing sunrise at both ends: Table Mountain at CT in the morning and Silhouette of the Alps in and AM headed back north.
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