NASA's Fermi Catches Gamma ray Flashes from Tropical Storms | NASA Goddard

About a thousand times a day, thunderstorms fire off fleeting bursts of some of the highest-energy light naturally found on Earth. These events, called terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), last less than a millisecond and produce gamma rays with tens of millions of times the energy of visible light. Since its launch in 2008, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has recorded more than 4,000 TGFs, which scientists are studying to better understand how the phenomenon relates to lightning activity, storm strength and the life cycle of storms. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Music Credits: Glacial Fields and The Piper from Killer Tracks Source: www.nasa.gov Credits: NASA Support the Channel vie BOOK DEPOSITARY Shopping Book Depository: Millions of books with free delivery worldwide http://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=... FOLLOW THE CHANNEL ON TWITTER   / freespacelive   Enjoy, Share, Like and Subscribe:)