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old sayings aside lightning sometimes

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old sayings aside lightning sometimes
 

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old sayings aside lightning sometimes
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does strike twice but perhaps not always
 

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does strike twice but perhaps not always
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in the same place can one lightning bolt
 

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in the same place can one lightning bolt
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somehow trigger a second so called
 

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somehow trigger a second so called
sympathetic strike many miles away

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sympathetic strike many miles away
 

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sympathetic strike many miles away
what's closely this is lightning as seen

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what's closely this is lightning as seen
 

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what's closely this is lightning as seen
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from the Space Shuttle seem to be
 

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from the Space Shuttle seem to be
sympathetic flashes want to go off and a

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sympathetic flashes want to go off and a
 

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sympathetic flashes want to go off and a
couple next to it Roger that these

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couple next to it Roger that these
 

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couple next to it Roger that these
flashes are very interesting because

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flashes are very interesting because
 

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flashes are very interesting because
they show a possible relationship

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they show a possible relationship
 

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they show a possible relationship
between very large flashes separated by

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between very large flashes separated by
 

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between very large flashes separated by
large distances hopefully the shuttle

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large distances hopefully the shuttle
 

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large distances hopefully the shuttle
data will help us to understand this

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data will help us to understand this
 

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data will help us to understand this
phenomenon and that's just one of the

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phenomenon and that's just one of the
 

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phenomenon and that's just one of the
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objectives of lightning research being
 

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objectives of lightning research being
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conducted by scientists here at NASA's
 

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conducted by scientists here at NASA's
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Marshall Space Flight Center in
 

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Marshall Space Flight Center in
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Huntsville Alabama and some new answers
 

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Huntsville Alabama and some new answers
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will likely come from an ongoing series
 

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will likely come from an ongoing series
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of space shuttle based lightning
 

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of space shuttle based lightning
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experiments the shuttles television
 

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experiments the shuttles television
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cameras will be used to simulate what
 

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cameras will be used to simulate what
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future lightning sensors will see a
 

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future lightning sensors will see a
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global weather computer called Makeda's
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will alert the crew to what storms lie
 

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will alert the crew to what storms lie
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ahead so that additional pictures can be
 

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ahead so that additional pictures can be
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taken ultimately NASA hopes to use this
 

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taken ultimately NASA hopes to use this
information to design lightning sensing

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information to design lightning sensing
 

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information to design lightning sensing
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instruments to be placed on future
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satellites and on the space station
 

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satellites and on the space station
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freedom if we put lightning sensors into
 

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freedom if we put lightning sensors into
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geostationary orbit into low-earth orbit
 

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geostationary orbit into low-earth orbit
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will be able to get a global mapping of
 

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will be able to get a global mapping of
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lightning activity improving our
 

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lightning activity improving our
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understanding of the basic physics of
 

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understanding of the basic physics of
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storms and developing new ways to
 

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storms and developing new ways to
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observe them will lead to better
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forecasting abilities making us all
 

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forecasting abilities making us all
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safer from this deadly force of nature
 

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safer from this deadly force of nature
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perhaps we're just beginning to
 

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perhaps we're just beginning to
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understand what this research may lead
 

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understand what this research may lead
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to as an example we've uncovered some
 

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to as an example we've uncovered some
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relationships between lightning activity
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the flash rate of lighting and the
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precipitation rain volume of the cloud
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if we can establish this relationship
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and quantifying further we would be able
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to then use whitening from lightning
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observations from space to turn on with
 

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observations from space to turn on with
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the rainfall rate from a particular
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storm system is using the vantage point
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of space to better understand the many
 

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of space to better understand the many
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environmental systems in our world and
 

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environmental systems in our world and
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how they interact is the goal of NASA's
 

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how they interact is the goal of NASA's
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initiative for the 1990s known as
 

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initiative for the 1990s known as
mission to Planet Earth for now ongoing

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mission to Planet Earth for now ongoing
 

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mission to Planet Earth for now ongoing
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lightning studies
 

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lightning studies
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provide researchers with an important
 

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provide researchers with an important
head start in Huntsville this is Mike

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head start in Huntsville this is Mike
 

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head start in Huntsville this is Mike
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I guess I want to say it's really a

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I guess I want to say it's really a
 

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I guess I want to say it's really a
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farrell circular circulatory patterns

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farrell circular circulatory patterns
 

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farrell circular circulatory patterns
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that are not quite organized into one
 

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that are not quite organized into one
year failure decide to join up it i'll

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year failure decide to join up it i'll
 

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year failure decide to join up it i'll
be a good doctor that support a

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be a good doctor that support a
 

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be a good doctor that support a
panhandle and alabama some places are

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panhandle and alabama some places are
 

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panhandle and alabama some places are
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getting a little bit worried about it i
 

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getting a little bit worried about it i
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always around in here for two or
 

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always around in here for two or
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could have a problem