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On October 31, 2018, a world record was set. A single lightning bolt over southern Brazil covered a horizontal distance of about 709 km (440 miles)—equivalent to the distance between Boston and Washington D.C.

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English: On October 31, 2018, a world record was set. A single lightning bolt over southern Brazil covered a horizontal distance of about 709 km (440 miles)—equivalent to the distance between Boston and Washington D.C. To confirm this record-breaking bolt, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) tapped into imagery and data from GOES-16’s Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), seen here in this image. Professor Randall Cerveny, chief rapporteur of Weather and Climate Extremes for WMO said, “This will provide valuable information for establishing limits to the scale of lightning—including megaflashes—for engineering, safety and scientific concerns.”
Date Taken on 31 October 2018
Source World's Longest Lightning Bolt, 2018
Author NOAASatellites
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/50700000943. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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