Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes
Posted by JAC on 1/30/2010, 5:33 am
There's a mystery in the skies of Earth.

Something is producing bright flashes of gamma radiation in the upper atmosphere of our own planet.

A spacecraft called 'Firefly' is going to investigate:


http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/29jan_firefly.htm





An artist's concept of Firefly on the lookout for TGFs above a thunderstorm.

Firefly will make simultaneous measurements of energetic electrons, gamma rays, and the radio and optical signatures of the lightning discharge.

http://firefly.gsfc.nasa.gov/


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