Lightning hitting a transformer near West, TX — notice the green glow? 645p CST #TXwx

Thank you all for the hundreds of photo submissions! You can still submit your suspected FAE images to [email protected] for science purposes. If you want to be more confident that what you captured is indeed an FAE and not proton aurora, see the flier attached here.

This is really cool to watch. Volcano and Tephranado dance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA9Q...

If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey. This isn’t controversial. A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.

BÓLIDO ESPORÁDICO ROZADOR #SPMN161125 SOBRE LAS PROVINCIAS DE #ÁVILA Y #SEGOVIA HOY a las 0h36m55s TUC (1h36 CET). Lo captó desintegrándose lentamente nuestro compañero Miguel A. Furones @mafurones.bsky.social acabando su trazo sobre la #Liebre y #CanMayor. Al listado www.ice.csic.es/news/citizen...

Live view looking South West from Rapid City, SD www.youtube.com/live/BCxK1QV...

Red aurora visible from Montauk, NY 755 pm ET (0055 UT, Nov 12th)

Spotted the northern lights on my flight from Denver to Chicago this evening!

"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers. For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.

"Science is an ongoing process. It never ends. There is no single ultimate truth to be achieved, after which all the scientists can retire." -Carl Sagan, Cosmos

The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢

THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY. NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa. Extraordinary bravery, saving lives. (🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).

Obvious wavenumber-5 mesovortex pattern within #Melissa’s eyewall earlier today — when the simulation matches reality. Just two decades ago, the very existence of mesovortices was still a matter of debate.

Did I mention I hate thunderfog? www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCxK...

I hate thunderfog

“If it hits you, it’s just not your day.” 90% of people struck by lightning survive but many have lifelong injuries. We still see around 20 deaths from lightning every year in the U.S. We’ve seen 5 deaths in the U.S. in September alone.

Being struck by lightning isn’t a minor thing. We shouldn’t be making light of safety measures.

We estimate than 10 people are impacted when someone is struck by lightning (friends, relatives, coworkers). For the ~200 people who are struck each year in the U.S., that means 2,000 more people are impacted in some way - from losing a loved one or having to care for them long term.

The U.S. used to have 400-500 lightning fatalities a year. Globally, we see 24,000 fatalities a year from lightning - many of them occurring at sporting events. Really shameful to see this on Big Noon Kickoff.

Two hunters and their dogs in Florida were killed by lightning on Monday September 22. These are now 3 fatalities in Florida this year. Four hunters have died this month due to lightning strikes, and there are now 19 lightning fatalities in the U.S. for 2025. www.wfla.com/news/highlan...

Incredible Sprite feast over Italy last night as seen by Global Meteor Network camera in Croatia. #sprite #lightning globalmeteornetwork.org/weblog//HR/H...

Incredible +CG flash!! Negative leaders propagate right to left incloud, then a positive leader develops downward from the decaying negative leader causing a +CG return stroke. Positive leaders with recoil leaders visible below cloud base following the return stroke.

Things got pretty intense in the South Dakota Badlands last night. 60+ mph winds rolled a camping trailer at the boondock. Here is an image of 1st responders rushing to the scene with lightning still hammering the area.

Southern Arizona Monsoon lightning bolt at blue hour. My fav so far this year. 08/10/25

People are injured by lightning every year when they are in their homes because they are on devices plugged into the wall. weather.com/news/trendin...

Outstanding captures of bolt-from-the-blue lightning flashes by Dan Robinson @stormhighway.bsky.social showing the negative end of the bipolar leader typically exits the upper positive charge region and travels to ground outside the storm causing a -CG return stroke. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1c...

Jefferson believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving government to the wolves. He taught that the country is safe only when the people rule.

AAAAAAA I JUST RECORDED THIS!!!! best lightning capture of my life

If you’re going golfing, stay aware of the weather and head for the clubhouse if you hear thunder - golf carts and most golf shelters are unsafe! Golf courses should have lightning warning systems based on lightning detection that automatically trigger when lightning is nearby.

There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am.

About 4,000 lightning strikes in OR and WA yesterday, which led to 41 new fires in OR & 17 in WA. Nothing big so far, but look for more initial attack fires today, particularly east of the Cascades. More dry lightning expected over central OR this PM with acute hot/dry conditions on Wednesday.

The First Lady of Uganda has proclaimed June 28 as International Lightning Safety Day, commemorating the day in 2011 when 18 students were killed and another 36 injured in a single lightning flash at Runyanya Primary School in Uganda. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_U_K...

Trying to figure out what type of Transient Luminous Event this was over North Dakota on the night of 6/20. Recorded at 24 fps, each image is 42 ms exposure. Sony A7iv, 85mm, f/2, ISO 51,200. Doesn't look like typical sprite or a typical gigantic jet. Thoughts? Captured two during a 2 hour period.

Our recent solar flare research was published! We present the first spectral observations of ‘Supra-Arcade Downflows’ (SADs) since 2003. SADs are dark finger-like downflows seen above solar flare loops, but their origins remain elusive! What do we find? 1/6

There's been a huge decrease in lightning fatalities since 1940. A lot of this is because so many people work indoors now. Improvements to lightning awareness, detection, and education have helped lower casualties in the last 25 years, but the significant reduction comes from societal changes.

Sprites over North Dakota on 6/20. #lightning #transientluminousevents #sprites youtu.be/MTptHn7cV9o

Upward lightning near Angora, Nebraska on June 12th, 2025 #lightning www.youtube.com/watch?v=k90r...

Close one for Daniel Shaw. You hear a "snap" coincident with the return stroke b4 thunder arrives from pole behind him. The "snap" is likely acoustic waves from attempted connecting leaders from objects closer to him (antennas or nearby power line structures). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilz-...

⚡️INCREDIBLE lightning strike video from Fort Morgan yesterday. This man is thankfully OK, but talk about a close call… Also notice the scar on the nearby tree after the strike. Watch with sound! 📸: Robin Mascotti #COwx

Unfortunately, we have our 3rd lightning fatality of 2025 - a man in his 40s from northern Texas was struck and killed and his father is in critical condition. www.kxii.com/video/2025/0...

Some slow-mo lightning from my back patio this evening in OKC.

Can’t believe I caught this! Poor Bean was genuinely confused 😂

This is one the most authentic, frustrating, and alarming inside looks at what pressure, cuts and "forced" retirement have done to a critical National Weather Service forecast office. Worth a read to illustrate what many of us have been saying www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.

Yes!!! This!!! 👇

Ok, so that was a show North side of Cheyenne, Wyoming

Aurora from Blackhead Beach, Dunedin

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)