Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
Lightning is a dangerous weather hazard that poses a significant threat to life and property. It can strike at any time, but is most common in the summer months.
For National Lightning Safety Awareness Week (June 22-28, 2025), NOAA is highlighting the capabilities of its Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument onboard the GOES-18 (GOES West) and GOES-19 (GOES East) satellites.
Learn more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/lightning-safety-awareness-week-detecting-lightning-space
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University
LightningCast imagery courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisonsin-Madison.
Music:
“In The Frame” by Aaron Frederick Lazlo Wheeler [PRS]; Abbey Road Masters; Universal Production Music
Lightning is a dangerous weather hazard that poses a significant threat to life and property. It can strike at any time, but is most common in the summer months.
For National Lightning Safety Awareness Week (June 22-28, 2025), NOAA is highlighting the capabilities of its Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument onboard the GOES-18 (GOES West) and GOES-19 (GOES East) satellites.
Learn more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/lightning-safety-awareness-week-detecting-lightning-space
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University
LightningCast imagery courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisonsin-Madison.
Music:
“In The Frame” by Aaron Frederick Lazlo Wheeler [PRS]; Abbey Road Masters; Universal Production Music
