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.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Megaflashes can now be identified across the globe with the use of geostationary satellites. (Courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal As the summer skies start to roil with thunderstorms, New Mexicans get a front-and-center seat to some spectacular lightning displays. We may even count the time between spotting the flash and hearing the roar, a means to calculate the distance of the lightning that ensures we’re a safe distance from the strike. In most cases, if the flash of light and clap of thunder are more than 30 seconds apart, it usually indicates enough distance from the storm to avoid being struck. But this applies only to normal thunderstorms that are small and send bolts vertically from the cloud directly to the ground. For one in ten lightning flashes, globally, this is not the case.

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