NASA project to study lightning fires hits flying milestone

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Guest authors

The IGNIS project, a collaboration with Australian universities, will use sensors to provide a “3D view inside a thundercloud” that could one day alert firefighters on the ground to new blazes.

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