Each day, thunderstorms around the world produce about a thousand quick bursts of gamma rays, some of the highest-energy light naturally found on Earth. By merging records of events seen by NASAs Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope with data from ground-based radar and lightning detectors, scientists have completed the most detailed analysis to date of the types of thunderstorms involved. Remarkably, we have found that any thunderstorm can produce gamma rays, even those that appear to be so weak a meteorologist wouldnt look twice at them, said Themis Chronis, who led the research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). https://youtube/watch?v=JgK4Ds_Sj6Q nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasas-fermi-mission-brings-deeper-focus-to-thunderstorm-gamma-rays/index.html#.VJBKCiuUcmg
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:06:47 +0000
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