{"id":216689,"date":"2025-05-14T02:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=35717afcb9bc5a9c85d6f2517127f76f"},"modified":"2025-05-14T02:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:13:53","slug":"lightning-in-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=216689","title":{"rendered":"Lightning in Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Southeast Asia occupies the bottom two-thirds of the image. The scene is dark except for nighttime lights coming from urban areas, the white and purple glow from a thunderstorm, and green dots from fishing boats. A strip of green airglow is visible across the planet&#039;s horizon.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg 8256w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iss072e125247.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Don Pettit<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A flash of lightning shines brighter than the lights of nearby cities in this Oct. 29, 2024, image taken by astronaut Don Pettit while aboard the International Space Station. At the time of this photograph, little to no moonlight illuminated the scene. This allows astronauts to see and photograph a variety of light sources with a high degree of contrast against the dark land and water surfaces. Bright light associated with lightning is a common occurrence during the monsoon season across Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/154280\/lights-of-southeast-asia\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about this photo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Text credit: NASA\/Andrea Wenzel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Don Pettit<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A flash of lightning shines brighter than the lights of nearby cities in this Oct. 29, 2024, image taken by astronaut Don Pettit while aboard the International Space Station. At the time of this photograph, little to no moonlight illuminated the scene. 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