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Stunning Lightning Bolt Stretches 15 Miles Across DC (Video)
Amazing footage and data of a lightning strike that was captured above the Tidal Basin was shared on social media.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Here's something that will make you see lightning in a whole new light: an incredible video of a bolt that stretched more than 15 miles across D.C.
The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang shared both the video of it striking above the Tidal Basin and a 3D graphic (both embedded below) that show the astonishing reach of the lightning bolt.
It produced 709 impulses ranging from 1.2 to 8.7 miles above the Earth and reached 15.5 miles west to east, from the Potomac River to east of Andrews Air Force Base, CWG said.
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NEW: More to lightning than meets the eye: This Tidal Basin bolt expanded 15.5 miles across the sky. (1/2)
Read more: https://t.co/vI0D8Tzbmx pic.twitter.com/aeifJWZf7j
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) June 19, 2019
Here's this lightning flash in 3-d, thanks to UMD scientist Mason Quick. It produced 709 impulses ranging from 1.2 to 8.7 miles above the earth. The flash extended nearly 15.5 miles from west-to-east, stretching from the Potomac to east of Andrews Air Force Base. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/rK16CTYOe5
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) June 19, 2019
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