Astronaut wields new space camera to see lightning strikes on Earth

This video showcases European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen's mission to study lightning storms on Earth from the International Space Station using a new high-speed camera called the Davis camera. The camera captures lightning phenomena such as "blue jets" and "red sprites" in unprecedented detail, providing insights into how they form and develop. Mogensen's extended six-month mission allows for flexible observation of storms in real-time, and the neuromorphic camera technology measures changes in light to create images and videos. Additionally, the research aims to understand the connection between lightning events and human-induced climate change, particularly their impact on the upper atmosphere and their association with greenhouse gases and aerosols injected into the stratosphere by overshooting thunderclouds.
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