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		exitb 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: App that shows real-time lightning on Earth is sho... How could it possibly work like that? Isn't the detection based on lightning radio emissions?

dguest 34 days ago [–]

Yeah, check out the service that www.windy.com uses:

https://www.nowcast.de/en/

it's an array of VLF/LF radio antenna.

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